tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post2635360636288834548..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Translated masterpieces of Iranian novelsNajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-3402633752564229262013-05-10T23:58:33.397+01:002013-05-10T23:58:33.397+01:00Dear Naj, I only recently found your blog, it must...Dear Naj, I only recently found your blog, it must have been via other bloggers favorite lists or via a comment you made somewhere else. I found it takes a long time and it is rather by accident that one finds somebody on the web who writes about themes that are interesting, not just Iranian cuisine. I became interested in your country three years ago, through a student in our institute who did radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418500820960221635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-22796158346361642222013-05-10T23:01:37.526+01:002013-05-10T23:01:37.526+01:00Thanks for sharing your reading of the book. I wil...Thanks for sharing your reading of the book. I will certainly obtain and read it. You are lucky in Germany, as you get many Iranian novels before even we do! <br /><br />You referred to Cheheltan's straight writing and lack of orientalism. Actually, orientalism is not something Iranian writers in Iran are too involved with. Iran is ful of really great writers and novelists. I am so happy theyNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-22249718117040779962013-05-10T22:24:26.541+01:002013-05-10T22:24:26.541+01:00Dear Naj, I heard about Cheheltan from the DAAD fo...Dear Naj, I heard about Cheheltan from the DAAD foundation, since he lived for a year or so with a fellowship of them in Berlin. His famous "Killing Americans in Tehran" (btw. I found the title really shocking) I red almost complete during one Saturday in a bookstore. Its a great novel, fantastic modern style, it browses through the last 50 years Iranian history, telling the personal radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418500820960221635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5179824188534269942013-05-10T21:02:45.730+01:002013-05-10T21:02:45.730+01:00Of course, that is not because Amir HOssein Chehel...Of course, that is not because Amir HOssein Cheheltan is not famous; just because I have not had a chance.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-8890880546233364552013-05-10T21:01:47.021+01:002013-05-10T21:01:47.021+01:00Hi Michael, shame on me, I don't know any of t...Hi Michael, shame on me, I don't know any of these books. Please do tell me more.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-40163525279208533502013-05-10T18:22:45.737+01:002013-05-10T18:22:45.737+01:00Dear Naj, I was browsing through your older posts,...Dear Naj, I was browsing through your older posts, first only as a short intermezzo during an important presentation I should prepare, but more and more caught by the variety of your thoughts. Now I came along your list of persian novel that you recommend, conveniently even with the German translations. Some of them I red already, like H. Golshiri's The Prince (in German it is called "radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418500820960221635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-75376099743889184902010-11-06T09:40:30.889+00:002010-11-06T09:40:30.889+00:00what's Da?!what's Da?!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-81994076758093586152010-11-06T04:05:54.859+00:002010-11-06T04:05:54.859+00:00You forgot DaYou forgot DaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-11485635048444033942010-10-28T16:46:59.214+01:002010-10-28T16:46:59.214+01:00Goatman,
uhmmm ... yes! For at least 2500 years, ...Goatman,<br /><br />uhmmm ... yes! For at least 2500 years, already. And the modern literature translated in Iran is still impressive.<br /><br />Unfortunately, sometimes the tranlators will have to cut out the juicy sexy stuff; but the average Iranian university student is just as up to date with world literature as a European one!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-21451663505510675272010-10-28T16:43:42.142+01:002010-10-28T16:43:42.142+01:00Parvati; you are very welcome!
let me know which y...Parvati; you are very welcome!<br />let me know which you read :)Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-68131081417742929432010-10-28T06:10:08.485+01:002010-10-28T06:10:08.485+01:00But has world literature made its way to Persia?But has world literature made its way to Persia?goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-9806875047397880062010-10-23T22:48:34.697+01:002010-10-23T22:48:34.697+01:00Thanks for this great post, Naj! Saved, FB'd, ...Thanks for this great post, Naj! Saved, FB'd, tweeted... now I'm happily exploring your hyperlinks to make my first choices :)parvati_romanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-39689658394231276272010-10-23T04:32:40.589+01:002010-10-23T04:32:40.589+01:00BTL,
well the blog used to have more enlightened ...BTL,<br /><br />well the blog used to have more enlightened visitors. I hope I can get back to the mood of posting timeless and meaningful things. The political junk is not my cup of tea; really.<br /><br />By the way, today I learned of an Israeli-passport holder gentleman of Iranian-Jewish heritage who is a frequent visitor of no one but Mahmoud the Ahmadinejad! These politics are just Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-29965510434221907732010-10-23T04:13:12.426+01:002010-10-23T04:13:12.426+01:00dear Ms. Naj,
Your kind offer of the novel t...dear Ms. Naj,<br /> Your kind offer of the novel to political junkies is touching,but for your visitors who can only spare 3 to 4 minutes from a fix of political bloodlust, please check out this U-Tube tune:<br /> " I Shot You Babe " by DJ Foundation.<br />btlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-57873905842363805522010-10-21T07:40:10.333+01:002010-10-21T07:40:10.333+01:00Very interesting, thank you for sharing!Very interesting, thank you for sharing!離婚http://www.new-womans.comnoreply@blogger.com