Iran -- Suri & Co.: Tales of a Persian Teenager by Mahshid Amirshahi and translated by J. E. Knorzer with an introduction by Hafez Farmayan

Mahshid Amirshahi. Suri & Co.: Tales of a Persian Teenager. J. E. Knorzer, tr. Hafez Farmayan, intro. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas. 1995. x + 87 pages. $9.95. ISBN 0-292-70463-1.

A publicity blurb announcing the release of Suri & Co. gives this collection of short stories the following billing: " prolific Iranian novelist offers a rare glimpse of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism through the eyes of a high-spirited, willful young woman." Those who venture into the collection might be somewhat puzzled by the apparent absence of any allusion to the revolution, let alone the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Readers will nevertheless find, especially with the help of Hafez Farmayan's introduction,...