· MY UNCLE NAPOLEON. by Iraj Pezeshkzad ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 1, An uproarious and endearing Iranian novel, first published in Iran over twenty years ago, which became the basis for a highly popular television series. The story tells of an unruly extended family, living within and around a walled enclave in Tehran in the early s—and specifically of said family's domination by Author: Kirkus Reviews. · The absurd lengths to which the family goes in pursuit of this “dubious sort of sound” epitomizes the naughty hilarity of Iraj Pezeshkzad’s novel, My Uncle Napoleon. Among other works, Pezeshkzad wrote Mashalah Khan in the Court of Harun al-Rashid () and some bitingly satirical essays about the Islamic Republic of Iran. But Napoleon, adapted into a wildly popular Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. When Uncle Napoleon’s least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted. First published in Iran in the s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now “Suggested Reading” in Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran. My Uncle Napoleon is a timeless and universal /5().
Iraj Pezeshkzad (Persian: ایرج پزشکزاد , Iraj Pezeškzâd, born in Tehran) is an Iranian writer and author of the famous Persian novel Dā'i Jān Napoleon (Dear Uncle Napoleon, translated as My Uncle Napoleon) published in the early s. Iraj Pezeshkzad was born in Tehran in and educated in Iran and then France, where he received his law www.doorway.ru served as a judge in the Iranian Judiciary for five years prior to joining the Iranian Foreign Service. He began writing in the early s by translating the works of Voltaire and Molière into Persian and by writing short stories for magazines. My Uncle Napoleon is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue. show more. (5, ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. Modern Library (Paperback) English. By (author) Iraj Pezeshkzad, Translated by Dick Davis, Introduction by Azar Nafisi. US$ US$ You save US$
Read "My Uncle Napoleon" by Iraj Pezeshkzad available from Rakuten Kobo. "The existence in Persian literature of a full-scale, abundantly inventive comic novel that involves a gallery of varied. My Uncle Napoleon (Dear Uncle Napoleon) is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in The novel was adapted to a highly successful TV series in directed by Nasser Taghvai. The novel has been translated by Dick Davis into English. My Uncle Napoleon is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in The novel was adapted to a highly successful TV series in directed by Nasser Taghvai. Though the book and the TV series were briefly banned following the Islamic Revolution of in Iran, it remained popular. and is often regarded as "the most important and well-loved work of Iranian fiction since World War II". It is noted for its lampooning of the common social attitudes.
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