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"Censorship, seen as its own art form, is just another way of messing with reality.

Mandanipour's novel, for all its dogged literariness, never makes that transition." - Aamer Hussein, The Independent But a writer must ensure that, in fiction, practice precedes theory.

The reader might be reminded of Kundera's theory of the novel as a space where dream and reality, essay and autobiography, come together. Much of the novel becomes an essayistic exercise in metafiction. "The playful conceit of writing about Sara and Dara becomes tedious, and Mandanipour also relinquishes the Shirin story.It will help to further understanding of the frustrating and sometimes perilous situation of the book industry in a country where copyright is not respected, where writers struggle desperately to publish and can be jailed simply for exercising their imaginations." - Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian " Censoring an Iranian Love Story is a brilliant novel about the complexities of writing and publishing in Iran.Aber vor allem ist dieser Roman ein Sittenbild der modernen iranischen Gesellschaft im besten Sinnes des Wortes: literarisch durchtrieben, magisch-surrealistisch aufgeladen, realistisch geerdet." - Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Eine iranische Liebesgeschichte zensieren ist der ins Postmoderne gewendete, ebenso verspielte wie bitterernste Versuch, der iranischen Tragödie eine moderne Liebesgeschichte abzuringen. "(E)rkennbar für ein westliches Publikum geschrieben."Self-consciously reminiscent of Milan Kundera, this is a lively account of life and letters in contemporary Iran, even if the postmodern tricksiness wears thin by the final page." - Adrian Turpin, Financial Times.Coetzee or Paul Auster, or the sheer spiraling loopiness of Charlie Kaufman films such as Adaptation, then grab a copy and prepare to enjoy a meditation on culture, modern Iran, and the power of what is left out." - Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor "If you like the intellectual challenge of the metafiction of J.M.Although written in Farsi, Censoring an Iranian Love Story was first published in its English translation, in 2009ī : clever introduction to contemporary Iranian conditions.

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