Charand-O Parand: Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909

by Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda

A classic of Modern Persian literature, Charand-o Parand (Stuff and Nonsense) is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah, and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906-11). The essays were the Daily Show of their era. The columns were heatedly debated in the Iranian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300197993
• ISBN13: 9780300197990
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"