Used – My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library (Paperback))

ISBN: 0812974433

Author: Pezeshkzad, Iraj

Condition: Used

The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth centuryGod forbid, Ive fallen in love with Layli! So begins the farce of our narrators life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle Napoleons least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted.First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now Suggested Reading in Azar Nafisis Reading Lolita in Tehran. My Uncle Napoleon is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue.