A review by keetham
Touba and the Meaning of Night by Shahrnush Parsipur

4.0

This book took me so.long.to.read. It was an interesting book, especially if you're into magical realism, but it was taxing to read and so I found myself avoiding it (it's really overdue to be returned to the library). It reminds me of 100 years of solitude in that it tells the story of a place through a personal story. Touba and the Meaning of Night tells the story of 20th century Iran through it's many revolutions and changes. There were moments where I had absolutely no idea what was going on. The foreword warns of this though, that it's a translation and unless you know Islam and the context of Iran you won't really get it. I feel like a scratched the surface of this book