A review by lilibuus
Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran by Persis M. Karim, Jocelyn Sharlet, Shahrnush Parsipur, Kamran Talattof

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This blew me away! Read it twice. I really enjoy reading magic-realism and this book was just absolutely beautiful and poetic and strange in the best way. I found out this book was actually turned into a movie, which I want to watch as well. Also immediatly bought Parsipur's other book, Touba.