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Faribā Vafīs Roman - 2nd edition in paperback

It is the end of the Shah's government in Iran. Her father mourns the loss of the old order, but young Tarlan is passionate about ideals like justice and committed to the cause

School for left-wing groups. Tarlan's dream is to be a writer. She buries herself in books. However, she is soon brought back to economic reality when she realizes that her professional ideas cannot be realized in the crisis of the young Islamic Republic. After numerous futile and half-hearted applications for a wide variety of jobs, Tarlan decides to train as a police officer. But everyday life is not what she imagined. Writing is her only way out.

Reviews and press:

German wave:

She is one of the most popular writers in Iran and her works have been widely translated. In a DW interview, Fariba Vafi explains why her success and her writing still have no effect in her home country. more

Southgerman newspaper:

In her book, she not only writes about a woman who wants to become a writer herself, she also emphasizes that she is actually writing about her own everyday life. more

Virginia:

Tarlan's development story is similar to a Bildungsroman because it is a story about how courage is born. more

literaturkritik.de:

During her stay in the barracks, Tarlan makes notes for a "Panorama" and a "Black Book" that she intends to write. And it is precisely such a panorama of the young Iranian republic from a female perspective that the author Fariba Vafi has succeeded in creating in her second novel. As in Kellervogel, the reader is captivated by a distanced and unexcited narrative style, which, however, is also necessary to objectively describe Tarlan's emancipation from the situation at the time - with all the restrictions resulting from social conventions, but also as a result of political developments. The readers will probably be given more answers here than they would have asked themselves. more

faustkultur.de:

"Apparently" is a word one is often tempted to use for Fariba Vafi's writing. Her stories appear to be women's literature, her language seemingly simple and realistic. But beneath this surface of simplicity, things simmer. The artful arrangement of the apparently so simply chosen words gives Vafi's prose a poetic dimension, which is immediately noticeable, but only unfolds in all its force on the second reading. more

Qantara.de:

The identity of women in Iran has changed a lot in recent years, that should be clear to anyone who looks around Iranian society. This change has taken place on many different levels: the biggest change is probably the strong self-confidence of women, which can be felt everywhere today. more.

wirlesen.org:

The Iranian author Fariba Vafi receives the LiBeraturpreis 2017, endowed with 3,000 euros, for her novel “Tarlan”. The author is one of the most popular and successful writers in Iran. more

faustkultur.de:

The story that Fariba Vafi tells, on the other hand, becomes a journey into the heart of the women whose fates, family and love problems could not be more different. The author thus develops a collective biography of the women of her generation. The generation of the revolution. more