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The Folly of Speaking: The 7th Tale

Donné Raffat

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Description:Abbas Sepehri, an aspiring cabinet minister under the Shah, is mysteriously fired and plunges into a world of political intrigue. His public disgrace then launches him on a personal journey that takes him to America, where his crisis deepens.There Abbas falls in love with the beautiful Ellen Hauser, wife of his longtime friend and employer, Lynn, director of a Middle East Center with close ties to the State Department. Next, his public lecture series is disrupted by dissident Iranian students, leading further to humiliation and exposure to a side of himself that he avoided facing in his own country.This dark comedy of manners explores the ties and conflicts between two former allied nations at a critical turning point in their relationship. It also brings Abbas, a product of both worlds, up against the folly of trying to mediate between two opposing ways of political thinking, when the attempt to do so merely widens the rift.Donné Raffat weaves a rich and revealing cross-cultural story around the people caught up in the web of events culminating in the Iranian Revolution. The Folly of Speaking is the third in his quartet of connected works set against the rising turbulence in Iranian life in the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Folly of Speaking: The 7th Tale. To get started finding The Folly of Speaking: The 7th Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 230

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Mazda

Release: 2000

ISBN: 1568591012

Description: Abbas Sepehri, an aspiring cabinet minister under the Shah, is mysteriously fired and plunges into a world of political intrigue. His public disgrace then launches him on a personal journey that takes him to America, where his crisis deepens.There Abbas falls in love with the beautiful Ellen Hauser, wife of his longtime friend and employer, Lynn, director of a Middle East Center with close ties to the State Department. Next, his public lecture series is disrupted by dissident Iranian students, leading further to humiliation and exposure to a side of himself that he avoided facing in his own country.This dark comedy of manners explores the ties and conflicts between two former allied nations at a critical turning point in their relationship. It also brings Abbas, a product of both worlds, up against the folly of trying to mediate between two opposing ways of political thinking, when the attempt to do so merely widens the rift.Donné Raffat weaves a rich and revealing cross-cultural story around the people caught up in the web of events culminating in the Iranian Revolution. The Folly of Speaking is the third in his quartet of connected works set against the rising turbulence in Iranian life in the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Folly of Speaking: The 7th Tale. To get started finding The Folly of Speaking: The 7th Tale, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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