books by Farnoosh Moshiri (almighty against gravity)

books by Farnoosh Moshiri

books:

At the Wall of the Almighty: A Novel (Emerging Voices Series)

11 reviews
Farnoosh Moshiri

Interlink Publishing Group, 1999

"At the Wall of the Almighty"
Farnoosh Moshiri has done a superb job in imparting the inhuman ambience of an institutionally sanctioned abyss. This abyss is a political prison. The writer so masterfully imparts the latent human capacity for both heroism and sheer cruelty. This abyss is not intended merely for incarceration. The sponsors wish to destroy the human capacity for truth and justice. Their mission: the ...

Crazy Dervish and the Pomegranate Tree

2 reviews
Farnoosh Moshiri

Black Heron Press, 2004

An eclectic collection of stories
Here is a collection of stories by an author who is known in this country primarily as a novelist, but this eclectic collection of short and long stories indicates that she has equally mastered the art of writing short stories. Several of the stories in this collection deal with the fate of the political prisoners in Iran as do two of Farnoosh Moshiri's novels, At the Wall of Almighty and The ...

The Bathhouse

8 reviews
Farnoosh Moshiri

Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2007

A look into the heart of the matter
What a fantastic book. Very insightful and informative. What one should take away from this book as well as Mrs. Moshiri's other novel "At The Wall of The Almighty" is how introspective Iranians are about their lives before and after the revolution. I believe that through these books, people in the west can come to a better understanding of this society and culture. We hear so much about war, ...

Against Gravity

12 reviews
Farnoosh Moshiri

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005

A Look into Three Different Worlds
Reading Farnoosh Moshiri's novel is like getting to know the three main characters: Madison Kirby, Roya Saarabi, and Ric Cardinal in the best of circumstances--with the advantage of having someone tell your life with literary skill and grace. Because Moshiri's clear prose is punctuated with unexpected moments of lyricisim, the heaviest and most unlikable aspects of the characters' lives become ...