There are also the twins Aida and Aidin, and then there is Urhan. He is an enormous burden on the family, but refuses to die. The eldest son is Yussof, who was tragically injured as a child and exists in a barely human state. Paterfamilias Djaber is a successful merchant, a respected man in provincial Ardebil. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure.Ībbas Maroufi's novel Symphony of the Dead tells the story of the Urchani family. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. (.) Does this matter ? Not if you’re patient and can relax into the stream of consciousness.' - Adrian Turpin, But it’s also exasperating to have to re-read key passages, trying to work out who did what to whom. That can be an effective device in a story so concerned with memory. Based on symphonic form, with different narrators for each movement, it switches back and forth between first- and third-person with no warning. 'What distinguishes the book from a typical domestic saga, however, is its structure.This review refers to the 1996 German translation, Symphonie der Toten (trans.: Anneliese Gharaman-Beck)Ī- : impressive panoramic novel of an Iranian family.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author

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