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Built on the Johns Hopkins University Campus. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless. Institutional Login. LOG IN. In this Book. Additional Information. A modern literary masterpiece, Women Without Men creates an evocative and powerfully drawn allegory of life in contemporary Iran. Internationally acclaimed writer Sharnush Parsipur follows the interwoven destinies of five women-including a prostitute, a wealthy middle-aged housewife, and a schoolteacher-as they arrive by different paths to live together in a garden in Tehran.
Shortly after the publication of Women Without Men in her native Iran, Parsipur was arrested and jailed for her frank and defiant portrayal of women's sexuality.
This volume is the first author-approved translation of Women Without Men. Table of Contents. Front Cover pp. Title Page p. Copyright Page p. Contents pp. Foreword pp.
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