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Book Reviews Reviewed by Damara Atrigol Pratt "Moon Brow", by Shahriar Mandanipour, recounts the recent history of Iran through a fragmented narrative structure that emulates the disjointed remembrances of trauma. While the political facets of its story report the grim consequences of the Iranian Revolution, the physical and emotional world described in the novel is alive with vivid and provocative encounters. The book offers beauty while confronting the ugliness of revolution, oppression, and war. Reviewed by Ángel Gurría-Quintana In "Tomb Song", Julián Herbert combines a visceral lament...
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