I failed utterly to get into this at all. I know this is entirely my fault: the book, which is translated from the Dutch and tells a story about the modernisation of Persia (modern-day Iran) through the eyes of a weak shah, clearly draws on a literary tradition that I have no experience of. It's t...
bookshelves: published-2014, persia-iran, winter-20132014, net-galley, e-book, historical-fiction, currently-reading, translation, next Read from December 05 to 07, 2013 NetGalley: Canongate BooksPub Date Jan 16 2014From the description: It is the nineteenth century and the kingdom of Persia is a...
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