War
-
Book Excerpt: From Prophets of Doom to Chroniclers of Gloom by M.R. Ghanoonparvar
Much of the post-revolution fiction of Iranian authors presents the reader with often confused and desperate characters who live in an unstable world and express, as it were, a sense of urgency and focus on the present rather than the future.
-
Consider War Stories Without Romanticizing Them
For as long as there have been wars — which in human history is forever — there have been stories about war. They stretch back to Homer’s riveting epic songs of the battlefield — the “Iliad” — and of returning home from it — the “Odyssey.” They come forward in truly sensitive films like Richard…
