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The Ministry of Guidance
- Author
- Golnoosh Nour
- Narrator
- Serena Manteghi
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 19 November 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Nour is a brave and acute observer of how the human spirit fights free of social repression in all its guises. These are stories that argue for nuance in a world that wants to make things black and white.
''Golnoosh Nour’s unflinching writing explores sex and religion, love and cruelty, and rebellion and identity, with energy, precision and poise’'- Nell Stevens.
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Details
- Author
- Golnoosh Nour
- Narrator
- Serena Manteghi
- Duration
- 6 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9788728024614
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Modern & contemporary fiction, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Adult & contemporary romance, Society & culture: general
Synopsis
Set mostly in Iran, but making forays to London, Germany, and the transit area of a Ukrainian airport, the stories are brilliantly deft in summoning up the dilemmas of their protagonists, be they characters who are kicking against the confines of the society into which they are born, or characters wanting to embrace those confines.Nour is a brave and acute observer of how the human spirit fights free of social repression in all its guises. These are stories that argue for nuance in a world that wants to make things black and white.''Golnoosh Nour’s unflinching writing explores sex and religion, love and cruelty, and rebellion and identity, with energy, precision and poise’'- Nell Stevens. -
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