A review by pearloz
Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran by Shahrnush Parsipur

4.0

4.5. Great book about a group of disparate women pushed too far. I loved the elements of magical realism, seeds of which are planted throughout but don’t really blossom until a certain double resurrection. The women coming together in the house/garden was deeply satisfying but all too short-lived. Their individual post-scripts really rushed the ending for me; I wanted more! I can’t wait to see the movie (trailer here: https://youtu.be/rB95i9Ro6-s), and I just found another book by this author trans into English but is around 350 pages—hopefully all the more to enjoy!