The Bathhouse: A Novel

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Author/Contributor(s): Moshiri, Farnoosh Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 4/15/2003 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW With intense emotion and great literary skill, Farnoosh Moshiri h as written one of the most moving novels to come out in years. The story begins with the arrest of a seventeen-year-old girl in the early days of the fundamentalist revolution in Iran. Imprisoned because of her brother's involvement with leftist politics, she is placed in a makeshift jail, a former bathhouse, in which other women are held captive. With a gripping narrative, Moshiri gives voice to these prisoners, exploring their torment and struggle, but also their courage and humanity, in the face of tyrants. Show more