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    My Bird
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    In this powerful story of life, love, and the demands of marriage andmotherhood, Fariba Vafi gives readers a portrait of one woman's struggleto adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran. The narrator, a housewifeand young mother living in a low-income neighborhood in Tehran, dwellsupon her husband Amir's desire to immigrate to Canada. His peripateticlifestyle underscores her own sense of inertia. When he finally slips away,the young woman is forced to raise the children alone and care for herailing mother.Vafi's brilliant minimalist style showcases the narrator's reticence andpassivity. Brief chapters and spare prose provide the ideal architecturefor the character's densely packed unexpressed emotions to unfold onthe page. Haunted by the childhood memory of her father's death in thebasement of her house while her mother ignored his entreaties for help, thenarrator believes she relinquished her responsibility and failed to challengeher mother. As a single parent and head of household, she must confronther paralyzing guilt and establish her independence.Vafi's characters are emblematic of many women in Iran, caughtbetween tradition and modernity. Demystifying contemporary Iran by takingreaders beyond the stereotypes and into the lives of individuals, Vafi isone of the most important voices in Iranian literature. My Bird heralds hereagerly anticipated introduction to an English-speaking audience.
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