A Feast in the Mirror: Stories by Contemporary Iranian Women
Edited and translated by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami and Shouleh Vatanabadi, this anthology of twenty-one short stories explores new literary styles and forms, and provides a glimpse into the lives of women in contemporary Iranian society. Beginning with an introduction by the editors, the collection includes Tahereh Alavi’s story of a woman who sees a picture of herself in the missing persons column of a newspaper, Manusureh Sharifzadeh’s fictional exposé of workplace politics, and stories by writers such as Farkhondeh Aqai, Parvin Fadavi, Nahid Tabatabai, and Fariba Vafi.