My uncle Napoleon : a novel
Pizishkzād, Īraj2006
Book
A satire on Iranian society in the 1940s featuring an eccentric uncle, a snob with an invented heroic past who worships Napoleon, Hitler and hates the English. It is narrated by his nephew, who is in love with his daughter. The novel was made into a TV series in Iran in 1976.
Main title:
My uncle Napoleon : a novel / Iraj Pezeshkzad ; translated by Dick Davis ; introduction by Azar Nafisi ; afterword by the author.
Author:
Edition:
Modern Library paperback edition.
Imprint:
New York : Modern Library, 2006.©2000
Collation:
xv, 509 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published in Persian as Dāʾī-i jān Nāpuliʾūn in Iran in 1973; this translation originally published: Washington, D.C. : Mage Publishers, c1996; introduction and afterword added to this edition in 2006.
ISBN:
9780812974430 (paperback)0812974433 (paperback)
Dewey class:
891.5533
Language:
EnglishPersian
Added title:
BRN:
458994
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | PIZI | Available |