The Saffron Kitchen
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781585479429 (158547942X)
Publish date: March 1st 2007
Publisher: Center Point
Pages no: 318
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Religion,
Contemporary,
Womens,
Relationships,
Islam,
Iran
Good Writing, Only OK StoryI read this one next for the book club. I have to say that although the writing was solid, the story just didn't grab me, and I wasn't totally sympathetic to the characters' actions. Granted, my frame of reference is American (the story takes place in the UK and Iran), but...
This book focuses on a family with ties to England and Iran. There are essentially two stories being told, one of a mother's life in Iran and her daughter's life in England. I found the stories themselves intriguing and the description of Iran and its' customs fascinating. I believe all Americans...
More of a one-person pityfest would be hard to imagine.