Status
Available
Call number
Description
This modern literary masterpiece follows the interwoven destinies of five women including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a prostitute, and a schoolteacher as they arrive by different paths to live together in an abundant garden on the outskirts of Tehran. Drawing on elements of Islamic mysticism and recent Iranian history, this unforgettable novel depicts women escaping the narrow confines of family and society, and imagines their future living in a world without men.
Call number
FICTION / Feminist
Genres
Collection
Physical description
192 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
1558617531 / 9781558617537
Publication
The Feminist Press at CUNY (2012), Edition: Second, 192 pages
Original publication date
1989