Death in Persia
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- Contents
- Review Quotes
Part One
Preface
In Teheran
Ascent to the Happy Valley
The White Tents of Our Camp
Memories of Moscow
At the End of the World . . .
. . . And a Person at the End of Her Strength
The Angel
Memories: Persepolis
Nights in Rages, or the Beginning of Fear
Three Times in Persia . . .
The Beginning of Silence
Part Two: An Attempt in Love
The Accusal
Jalé
Conversation about Happiness
Someone Will Come between Us
A Garden Party
Whisky, Fever and Singing Workers
The Fight against Fear
The Farewell
The Angel and Jalé’s Death
. . . Not Much Time Left
“Death in Persia, no matter the high correlation with Schwarzenbach’s real experience, is a finely crafted work.”
“Above all, [Schwarzenbach’s] discovery of the Orient was a personal one. But the author never loses sight of the historical and social context. . . . She shows no trace of colonialist arrogance. In fact, the pieces also reflect the experience of crisis, the loss of confidence which, in that decade, seized the long-arrogant culture of the West.”
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