
Shahrnush Parsipur: Iran has lost one of its bravest and boldest literary voices
For more than five decades, Parsipur wrote women into spaces from which they had often been excluded, including storytelling.

For more than five decades, Parsipur wrote women into spaces from which they had often been excluded, including storytelling.

Written in the late 1970s, it was immediately banned on publication in Iran. Now, Women Without Men is available in English.










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