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";s:4:"text";s:8813:"Instead, the book is about how people, … All rights reserved. more details. An American reader might be forgiven for thinking Sofer has written a romance set in the Napa Valley, “Sideways” with Vaseline on the lens. Members, please login. A memorable title will surely attract readers, but when a book becomes a classic, it’s hard to say whether the title has been part of its canonization or has merely become retroactively canonical. On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 11:30am*, our Book Club meets to discuss The Septembers of Shiraz, by Dalia Sofer Buy this book on Amazon and donate to BCC! Not a member? Would “Trimalchio in West Egg,” one of Fitzgerald’s initial choices, have in time accrued the same force as “The Great Gatsby”? *Because of the congregational meeting at 2:30 on the same day, we have changed the time to 11:30 am, so we can go directly to BCC congregational meeting. It was recently made into a movie starring Adrian Brody. The Septembers of Shiraz Dalia Sofer, 2007 HarperCollins 368 pp. Terrified by his disappear-ance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. Excerpt No Excerpt Currently Available. Create a login & Join us! It was recently made into a movie starring Adrian Brody. End Shabbat with a Healing Havdalah Service. Membership is free & gives you access to book giveaways, author chats & your private, free book club page. Editorial Review No editorial review at this time. Playground Sundays are Back! In the opening chapters, he is arrested by two armed Revolutionary Guards, taken from his office at lunchtime on a routine workday: “He looks down at his desk, at the indifferent items witnessing this event — the scattered files, a metal paperweight, a box of Dunhill cigarettes, a crystal ashtray and a cup of tea, freshly brewed, two mint leaves floating inside.” Continue reading in the New York Times, Na’avor – Let’s Cross: BCC’s Trans Havurah. The Iranian Jewish community has become very prominent in Jewish LA in the past few decades, but most Ashkenazi Jews know little about it. Members, please login. These things exist, but they are part of a panoply of strangeness wrought upon everyone regardless of religion, gender or class. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Our discussion centered on the differences between the classes in the story. Sign up for your FREE email about the latest top book club picks, exclusive book giveaways, new releases, and online author events. I thought the premise of how a Jewish-Iranian family is affected by a change of regime in 1980s Iran sounded promising. In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Pickleball or Badminton Anyone? Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. My BCC – Meet the People that Make BCC’s Community, Gen X Zoom Party – Games with Rabbi Jillian, Tisha B’Av Service – An Evening of Brokenness and Hope. I received THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ by Dalia Sofer from Gayle as part of the Everyday I Write the Book Blog Online Book Club. A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home. ISBN-13: 9780061130410 Summary In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. The Septembers of Shiraz rises above being an ethnic novel about an intriguing place. This novel traces the story of an Iranian Jewish family in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members. It does not exoticize the Middle East or focus unduly on tempting targets such as women being forced to cover themselves or the persecution of Jews. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members. But I think for those who are not Iranian it may be a bit boring. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides. In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. The Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer The Septembers of Shiraz (2007) is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. IT's interesting to see contrast in cultures. In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. The Septembers of Shiraz rises above being an ethnic novel about an intriguing place. Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members. C+. Not a member? Isaac, the paterfamilias, is approaching 60. There is also a subplot involving a Hasidic family in New York. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides. Told in the third person, largely in the present tense, the intersecting narratives follow each member of the Amin family over the course of their most difficult year, from September 1981 to September 1982. Average read but provided interesting discussion due to today's current events. These things exist, but they are part of a panoply of strangeness wrought upon everyone regardless of religion, gender or class. Our Reading Guide for The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer includes a Book Club Discussion Guide, Book Review, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio. And that would be a great shame because “The Septembers of Shiraz” is a remarkable debut: the richly evocative, powerfully affecting depiction of a prosperous Jewish family in Tehran shortly after the revolution. Discussion Questions No discussion questions at this time. This novel traces the story of an Iranian Jewish family in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger. Buy this book on Amazon and donate to BCC! It narrates the lives of a well-to-do Iranian family during and after the Iranian revolution which additionally overthrew the Shah and ushered in the Islamic republic. Instead, the book is about how people, … It does not exoticize the Middle East or focus unduly on tempting targets such as women being forced to cover themselves or the persecution of Jews. All rights reserved. more details. I was aware that this book was getting a lot of positive attention, and I actually had it on my TBR list. “The Septembers of Shiraz,” poignant once you’ve read this first novel by Dalia Sofer, is, on its own, a title at once overly poetic and misleading. Membership is free & gives you access to book giveaways, author chats & your private, free book club page. As Isaac navigates the terrors of prison, and his wife feverishly searches for him, his children struggle with the realization that their family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger. In this fickle literary world, it’s impossible to predict whether Sofer’s novel will become a classic, but it certainly stands a chance. A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home. On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 11:30am *, our Book Club meets to discuss The Septembers of Shiraz, by Dalia Sofer Buy this book on Amazon and donate to BCC! A successful jeweler and gem merchant, he has — to his grave discredit and danger — been patronized by many in the aristocracy, including the wife of the shah. Create a login & Join us! © 2003 - 2017 BookMovement, LLC. Sign up for your FREE email about the latest top book club picks, exclusive book giveaways, new releases, and online author events. © 2003 - 2017 BookMovement, LLC. As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. 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