Seasons of Purgatory

The first
English-language story collection from "one of Iran's most important living fiction writers" (Guardian)

In
Seasons of Purgatory, the fantastical and the visceral merge
in tales of tender desire and collective violence, the boredom and brutality of
war, and the clash of modern urban life and rural traditions. Mandanipour,
banned from publication in his native Iran, vividly renders the individual
consciousness in extremis from a variety of perspectives: young and old, man
and woman, conscript and prisoner. While delivering a ferocious social
critique, these stories are steeped in the poetry and stark beauty of an
ancient land and culture.

Shahriar
Mandanipour is an award-winning, exiled Iranian author and journalist
who served in the Iran-Iraq war. His fiction has been published throughout the
world, including two acclaimed novels published in English. He lives in
California.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 01/25/2022
ISBN: 9781942658955
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2021 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 11/15/2021
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2021