Persian Nights

by Diane Johnson

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Chloe, a contented and unliberated wife and mother, follows her physician husband on a visit to Iran. When he is summoned home, she has no choice but to continue on alone.

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Chloe, a superficial adultery plotting housewife, adds little to the Persian Nights or Days during her short time in Iran.

The plot moves VERY slowly as she notices, then mostly ignores a starving fearful puppy under the bushes outside
her small and dirty new "villa." Worse still, with her group of friends, she meets a starving young girl who she leaves behind
instead of insisting that she be taken to the hospital where half of these friends are doctors. She does not even ask
her doctor lover, Hugh, to accompany her back to rescue the child.

In the next scene she is merely having tea with no mention of the girl.

After reading Diane Johnson's Le Divorce, I was expecting a witty tale with a
challenging plot. This book offers posturing in words show more and, sadly, lack of deeds. show less

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Canonical title
Persian Nights
Original publication date
1987
People/Characters
Chloe Fowler; Jeffrey Fowler; Abbas Mowlavi; Linda Farmani; Hugh Monroe
Important places
Shiraz, Iran; Iran

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3560 .O3746 .P4Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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