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The blindfold horse memories of a Persian childhood

Guppy's memoir of life in Iran before the Ayatollahs is exquisite. It conveys a sense of the country and its customs and the nature of the crisis which Iran is still enduring.

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  • "Guppy's memoir of life in Iran before the Ayatollahs is exquisite. It conveys a sense of the country and its customs and the nature of the crisis which Iran is still enduring."@en
  • "Long before the momentous Iranian Revolution of 1979, which placed the country under strict religious rule, Shusha Guppy grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic society and the transforming forces of westernisation. In this eloquent memoir, she recreates the lost world of her childhood before the oil boom and the eventual overthrow of the Shah. Her magical tales about relatives and friends, music and drama, religious holidays and celebrations are interwoven with myth and legend, poetry and anecdote and provide a rare and optimistic portrayal of Iran. This is an enli."@en
  • "Shusha Guppy recreates the lost world of her childhood in Persia before the oil boom and the eventual overthrow of the Shah. She weaves together anecdote and legend, poetry and myth in her stories from a family's history as rich in adventure and romance as the Arabian Nights."@en

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