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Persian Nights

Persian Nights

Persian Nights
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Persian Nights

by JOHNSON, Diane

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good
ISBN 10
0394558049
ISBN 13
9780394558042
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New York: Grtossman, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper; Book and dustwrapper show slight rubbing of spine/panels, slight bumping of ends/corners, Pub. Info and review. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Synopsis

Chloe Fowler is the most unliberated woman she knows: disarmingly delicate and pretty, and not averse to putting either attribute to its best use, married, young, and satisfied with her normal American life as wife and mother. Yet Chloe is about to be liberated from everything she has ever known—in a place where her ordinary notions of reason and reality will run headlong into a wall of intrigue, and where every idea she has about herself will be put to the test. While visiting Iran with her husband, Chloe is left to travel alone when he is summoned home unexpectedly. Much to her surprise, she finds herself drawn to the life she encounters in Iran; intoxicated by each exotic sight which reminds her how far from home she really is; both comforted and unsettled by the group of foreign and Iranian physicians and their wives who take her in. However, her exhilaration crashes when her rooms are searched, and odd, often frightening events begin to occur, exposing the darker side of this "colonial life." Persian Nights follows Chloe on a voyage through the seductively inexplicable, and has all the qualities one expects from the gifted author of Le Divorce —the quirky, vivid atmosphere; the intelligent, humane voice; the compelling narrative. Once again Diane Johnson delivers an entertaining novel of an appealing woman caught up in a mysterious world of change and intrigue.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
233739
Title
Persian Nights
Author
JOHNSON, Diane
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
0394558049
ISBN 13
9780394558042
Publisher
Grtossman
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1987

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