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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Dumas, Firoozeh
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- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 0812968379
- Book Title
- Funny in Farsi : a Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Emigration & Immigration, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 6.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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 Reader's Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America."-- San 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 father's 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 Dumas's 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?--a complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?--an even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozeh's parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they don't 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 laughing--without an accent. Praise for Funny in Farsi "Heartfelt and hilarious--in any language." -- Glamour "A joyful success." -- Newsday "What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding , this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." -- The Providence Journal "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage." --Jimmy Carter "Delightfully refreshing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel " Funny in Farsi ] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American." -- San Jose Mercury News
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812968379
ISBN-13
9780812968378
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6034716
Product Key Features
Book Title
Funny in Farsi : a Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Emigration & Immigration, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ei84.15 D86 2003
Reviews
"Heartfelt and hilarious--in any language." -- Glamour "A joyful success." -- Newsday "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding , this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." -- The Providence Journal "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage." --Jimmy Carter "Delightfully refreshing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "[ Funny in Farsi ] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American." -- San Jose Mercury News From the Hardcover edition., "Heartfelt and hilarious--in any language." -- Glamour "A joyful success." -- Newsday "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding , this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." -- The Providence Journal "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage." --Jimmy Carter "Delightfully refreshing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "[ Funny in Farsi ] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American." -- San Jose Mercury News, "What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,'this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." -The Providence Journal "Heartfelt and hilarious-in any language." -Glamour "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America." -San Francisco Chronicle "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage." -Jimmy Carter, "What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,'this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." - The Providence Journal "Heartfelt and hilarious-in any language." - Glamour "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America." - San Francisco Chronicle "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage." -Jimmy Carter
Copyright Date
2003
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Lccn
2002-034921
Dewey Decimal
979.4/90049155/0092
Dewey Edition
21
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