My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks) Trade paperback - 2006
by Iraj Pezeshkzad
- Used
- Paperback
- first
Set in Tehran in the 1940s, this "masterpiece of contemporary world fiction" ("Baltimore Sun") tells the story of a large extended Iranian family presided over by a doddering and cranky patriarch, whom the children nickname RNapoleonS behind his back.
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Details
- Title My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks)
- Author Iraj Pezeshkzad
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition First Modern Library
- Condition Used - Very Good, slight wear and yellowing of pages,
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library, U.S.A.
- Date 2006
- Features Glossary, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1379691
- ISBN 9780812974430 / 0812974433
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 1.2 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Iran - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005056243
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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First line
From the jacket flap
"God forbid, I've fallen in love with Layli!" So begins the farce of our narrator's life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle Napoleon's 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 Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran. My Uncle Napoleon is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue.
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 08/01/2005, Page 43
- Library Journal, 04/01/2006, Page 133