Funny in Farsi
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ac Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Readeras Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner! aRemarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America.aaSan Francisco Chronicle In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her fatheras glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumasas wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot. In a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?aa complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?aan even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozehas parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they donat get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi). Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughingawithout an accent. Praise for Funny in Farsi aHeartfelt and hilariousain any language.aaGlamour aA joyful success.aaNewsday aWhatas charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. Itas the brilliance of true sophistication at work.aaLos Angeles Times Book Review aOften hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures.aaThe Providence Journal aA humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with loveaof family, country, and heritage.aaJimmy Carter aDelightfully refreshing.aaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel a[Funny in Farsi] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American.aaSan Jose Mercury News From the Trade Paperback edition.Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughingawithout an accent.
| Title | : | Funny in Farsi |
| Author | : | Firoozeh Dumas |
| Publisher | : | Random House - 2007-12-18 |
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