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The man who snapped his fingers, Fariba Hachtroudi ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

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The man who snapped his fingers, Fariba Hachtroudi ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The man who snapped his fingers

Oclc number

908517793

Responsibility statement

Fariba Hachtroudi ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson

Summary

"Winner of the 2001 French Human Rights Prize, French-Iranian author Fariba Hachtroudi's English-language debut explores themes as old as time: the crushing effects of totalitarianism and the infinite power of love. She was known as "Bait 455, " the most famous prisoner in a ruthless theological republic. He was one of the colonels closest to the Supreme Commander. When they meet, years later, far from their country of birth, a strange, equivocal relationship develops between them. Both their shared past of suffering and old romantic passions come rushing back accompanied by recollections of the perverse logic of violence that dominated the dictatorship under which they lived. The Man Who Snapped His Fingers is a novel of ideas, exploring power and memory by an important female writer from a part of the world where female voices are routinely silenced."--Provided by Amazon.com

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