Song of a Captive Bird
A Novel
New York : Ballantine Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback edition.
Description: 407 pages ; 21 cm
"Although she is told that daughters should be quiet and modest, Forugh Farrokhzad finds ways to rebel--gossiping with her sister in the rose garden, composing poems behing her closed bedroom door, sneaking out with a teenage paramour. As a young woman in the 1950s, Forugh flees her forced marriage, returns to Tehran, and falls into a love affair. When her newfound freedom finds its voice on the page, her published poems--brilliant and utterly scandalous--polarize Iranian society. Unwilling to return to a traditional life, Forugh continues to live by her own rules, finding fulfillment and success--but at enormous cost. This spellbinding debut novel is about a trailblazing woman who defied society's expectations to find her voice and her destiny. Song of a Captive Bird captures the tenacity, passion, and conflicting desires of a rebellious spirit who, to this day, continues to inspire women around the world."--From back cover.
Subjects:
Farrukhzād, Furūgh -- Fiction.
Women poets -- Fiction.
Poets, Iranian -- Fiction.
Women -- Iran -- Fiction.
Farrukhzād, Furūgh -- Fiction.
Women poets -- Fiction.
Poets, Iranian -- Fiction.
Women -- Iran -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780399182334
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Darznik | Wheatley (Shandon) | Fiction | In |
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Includes a reader's guide.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398).