Twenty-six-year-old college graduate, artist, and employee of the
Ministry of Art and Culture, Hasti Nourian aspires to be a "new
woman"-independent-minded, strong-willed, and in control of her own
destiny. A destiny that includes Morad, an idealistic young
architect and artist with whom Hasti is deeply in love. Morad is a
sharp critic of Iran's Westernized bourgeois class, the one that
Hasti's mother relishes. After Hasti's father died, her mother
married a wealthy businessman and moved to an exclusive
neighborhood of northern Tehran. Socializing with a mixed group of
Americans, English-speaking Iranians, and British expats, her
mother's life revolves around gym visits, hairdressers, and party
planning. When her mother persuades Hasti to join her at the spa,
she introduces her to Salim, an eligible young man from a wealthy
family whose British education and proper comportment, as well as
his economic status make him an ideal suitor for Hasti in her
mother's eyes. Against her better judgment, Hasti finds herself
attracted to Salim and tempted by her mother's comfortable
lifestyle. As the novel unfolds, Hasti is torn between her first
love and the radical politics of her university friends, and love
for her mother and the freedom economic security can bring. Set in
Tehran in the mid-1970s, just a few years before the 1977-79
revolution, Daneshvar's unforgettable novel depicts the tumultuous
social, cultural, and economic changes of the day through the
intimate story of a young woman's struggle to find her identity.
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