A Cup of Sin
Subtitle: Selected Poems (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation Series)
Contributors: Farzaneh Milani (Translator); Kaveh Safa (Translator)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780815605546
Subjects: Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -; Middle Eastern; Indo-Iranian Literature; Poetry; Indic, East Indo-European & Dravidian Languages; Bihbihani, Simin; General; Bihbihåanåi, Såimåin; Translations into English
Description: As a Muslim woman writing in Iran, Simin Behbahani's collections contain some of the seminal work of twentieth-century Persian literature.

Written over almost a half-century, much of her work reflects the traumatic experiences that have shaped recent iranian history: revolution and war. In a balance of artful inquiry and shocking realism, Behbahani's language and imagery probe the depths of political, cultural, and moral oppression. In the traditional verse of the ghazal, she improvises with meter to echo and provide new interpretations.