Song of a Captive Bird

Posted on 13 July 2017 by Jasmin Darznik

A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing poet Forugh Farrokhzhad, who defied Iranian society to find her voice and her destiny Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal Forugh FarrokhzadAll through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh is told that Iranian daughters should be quiet and modest She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother s walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over caf glac It s during the summer of 1950 that Forugh s passion for poetry really takes flight and that tradition seeks to clip her wings.Forced into a suffocating marriage, Forugh runs away and falls into an affair that fuels her desire to write and to achieve freedom and independence Forugh s poems are considered both scandalous and brilliant she is heralded by some as a national treasure, vilified by others as a demon influenced by the West She perseveres, finding love with a notorious filmmaker and living by her own rules at enormous cost But the power of her writing grows only stronger amid the upheaval of the Iranian revolution.Inspired by Forugh Farrokhzad s verse, letters, films, and interviews and including original translations of her poems Jasmin Darznik has written a haunting novel, using the lens of fiction to capture the tenacity, spirit, and conflicting desires of a brave woman who represents the birth of feminism in Iran and who continues to inspire generations of women around the world. Free Read Books Song of a Captive Bird Author Jasmin Darznik – kino-fada.fr Toward the end of last year I joined the moderator team of the group retro chapter chicks We take part in a variety of historical fiction and nonfiction history group reads and discussions, and are given an occasional opportunity to review advance reader copies One such book is Song of a Captive Bird, the debut novel by Jasmin Darznik, an Iranian American literature professor who resides in northern California Although this book is slotted as a group read in a few months, I was drawn to the p Toward the end of last year I joined the moderator team of the group retro chapter chicks We take part in a variety of historical fiction and nonfiction history group reads and discussions, and are given an occasional opportunity to review advance reader copies One such book is Song of a Captive Bird, the debu...Audiobook.narrated by Mozhan Marno 5 stars LOVED IT ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING GORGEOUS PROSE BEAUTIFUL NOVEL Historical Fiction doesn t get much better this is a fascinating story about a powerhouse Iranian woman poet and filmmaker who died much too young Author Jasmin Darznik s impeccable research showsits clear the work she put into this novel History in Iran came alive..before and after the revolution Poety literature history politics Philoso Audiobook.narrated by Mozhan Marno 5 stars LOVED IT ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING GORGEOUS PROSE BEAUTIFUL NOVEL Historical Fiction doesn t get much better this is a fascinating story about a powerhouse Iranian woman poet and filmmaker who died much too young Author Jasmin Darznik s impeccable research showsits clear the work she put into this novel History in Iran came alive..before and after the revolution Poety literature history politics Philosophy abuse dialogue the oppression the setting the flowers in the gardens the characters EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS NOVEL HAS VIBRANCY Forugh Farrokhzad was a disappointment to her ...Iran in the mid 20th century was not a fun place to be a woman A girl s education stopped when she was fourteen A lack of virginal blood on a wedding night could send a bride into banishment And a girl was forbidden from being outside without a chaperone and it was frowned on for a married woman to be in public unattended Everything revolves around a woman s honor Mine was a country where they said a woman s nature is riddled with sin, where they claimed that women s voices had the power t Iran in the mid 20th century was not a fun place to be a woman A girl s education stopped when she was fourteen A lack of virginal blood on a wedding night could send a bride into banishment And a girl was forbidden from being outside without a chaperone and it was frowned on for a married woman to be in public unattended Everything revolves around a woman s honor Mine was a country where they said a woma...5 brilliant masterpiece stars to Song of a Captive Bird Happy Publication Week to Song of a Captive Bird available now The author of Song of a Captive Bird, Jasmin Darznik, is an Iranian American whose family fled Iran prior to the revolution Darznik is now a literature professor and spent years researching Forugh s life Everything about this book is immaculate The smooth writing, the on point characterization, the research it s all top shelf Iran in the 1950s and 60s came to l 5 brilliant masterpiece stars to Song of a Captive Bird Happy Publication Week to Song of a Captive Bird available now The author of Song of a Captive Bird, Jasmin Darznik, is an Iranian American whose family fled Iran prior to the revolution Darznik is now a literature professor and spent years researching Forugh s life Everything about this book is immaculate The smooth writing, the on point characterization, the research it s all top shelf Iran in the 1950s and 60s came to life for me gorgeous settings, interesting culture, and captivating people Forugh s story, her life, left an indelible mark on me Starting with her childhood, we learn that Forugh was expected to be quiet and modest however, she questioned authority, social s, the status of women, the roles of women, all starting at a young age Each time she embraced a challenge head on, she was pushed bac...4.5 stars.Forugh Farrokhzad, known simply as Forugh, died in Iran 50 years ago aged 32 Her poetry was banned in Iran in 1979 and her grave is a place of pilgrimage still At great personal cost, she broke down many barriers to pursue her art cultural, social and structural I had never heard of her and was attract...3.5 starsIn Song of a Captive Bird a beautiful and perfect title , author Jasmin Darznik is the voice for Iranian poet, Forugh Farrokhzad Forugh an influential poet of the 20th century was notorious for rebelling against cultural norms, especially in her work.Forugh s accomplishments come at the expense of her reputation and family life In her thirty two years she has been through so much pain all she wanted was to be loved for who she was Darznik captures that and uses her own words to 3.5 starsIn Song of a Captive Bird a beautiful and perfect title , author Jasmin Darznik is the voice for Iranian poet, Forugh Farrokhzad Forugh an influential poet of the 20th century was notorious for rebelling against cultural norms, especially in her work.Forugh s accomplishments come at the expense of her reputation and family life In her thirty two years she has been through so much pain all she wanted was to be loved for who she was Darznik captures that and uses her own words to bring that love to Forugh Forof my review visit book is inspired by Forugh s story and a work of fiction But, it was written in first person which was interesting to me I often felt as if I was reading a memoir and had to remind myself that certain story lines and characters may not have been true It took me ...I d like to thank Jasmin Darznik for her honest description of an Iran we do not often hear about, the Shah s modern Iran It s restrictions, brutality.Forough Farrokhsad grew up in the Shah s Iran One can only imagine the courage it took Forough to follow her calling, writing poems, poems that read like a story Her courage to express herself as a woman, feelings we women experience along our lives.To understand her determination not to be silenced, one has to understand modern Iran Women w I d like to thank Jasmin Darznik for her honest description of an Iran we do not often hear about, the Shah s modern Iran It s restrictions, brutality.Forough Farrokhsad grew up in the Shah s Iran One can only imagine the courage it took Forough to follow her calling, writing poems, poems that read like a story Her courage to express herself as a woman, feelings we women experience along our lives.To understand her determination not to be silenced, one has to understand modern Iran Women were expected to stay at home, silent To express an opinion was not tolerated, and punished.This is a book which needs to be read widely, by women a...The story of this book is based on the life of the Irani poet Forugh Farrokhzad.Since poetry is not a genre I have any knowledge nor is Iran history I have no idea who this person was.My main problem is that...4 StarsARC provided by Ballatine Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.This review contains minor spoilers concerning differences between known facts and fiction.Song of a Captive Bird caught my eye on Netgalley I normally avoid fictionalized accounts of real people It s a personal hangup, but it makes me uncomfortable when authors make such big presumptions about real people for the sake of fiction But Song of a Captive Bird covers a time and place often overlooked by books, s 4 StarsARC provided by Ballatine Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.This review contains minor spoilers conc...I absolutely adored this book and even though it s 416 pages, I finished it in a day and a half The story follows loosely the real life of an Iranian poet named Forough Farrokhzad She was a rebel in a world where women weren t allowed to be rebellious She was the embodiment of liberal thought living amongst people who would prefer women to raise families and be obedient She had a voice in a place where women were told to remain silent.I didn t know much about her and if you try to Google For I absolutely adored this book and even though it s 416 pages, I finished it in a day and a half The story follows loosely the real life of an Iranian poet named Forough Farrokhzad She was a rebel in a world where women weren t allowed to be rebellious She was the embodiment of liberal thought living amongst people who would prefer women to raise families and be obedient She had a voice in a place where women were told to remain silent.I didn t know muc...

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13 July 2017

Jasmin Darznik