My bird
By: Fariba Vafi ; translated from the Persian by Mahnaz Kousha and Nasrin Jewell ; with an afterword by Farzaneh Milani.
Contributors: Kousha, Mahnaz.; Jewell, Nasrin.
Edition: 1st English language ed.
Series: Middle East literature in translation; Middle East literature in translation
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Syracuse, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780815609445
Subjects: Women authors -- Iran -- Fiction; Women -- Iran -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Parandah-ʼi man.
Description: In this moving story of one woman's attempt to adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran, Fariba Vafi reflects on the exigencies of marriage and motherhood. The narrator, a young mother and housewife living in a low income neighborhood in Tehran, dwells upon her husband Amir's desire to immigrate to Canada. His lifestyle underscores her own sense of inertia. When he finally slips away, the young woman is forced to raise the children alone and to care for her ailing mother.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.