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9781558615571
Alone and impoverished, as the prince's dynasty is displaced by the Shah of Iran in the 1970s, Touba weaves carpets to make money, cares for her children and communes with the ghost of a dead young girl. As she grows older, though told that women should remain apolitical, Touba is intrigued by politics and beset by family dramas.Parsipur, Shahrnush is the author of 'Touba and the Meaning of Night', published 2008 under ISBN 9781558615571 and ISBN 1558615571.
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