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| Original Title: | Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America |
| ISBN: | 0812968379 (ISBN13: 9780812968378) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Funny in Farsi #1 |
| Setting: | California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2005) |
Firoozeh Dumas
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.81 | 18690 Users | 2669 Reviews
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In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas's wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot.
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| Title | : | Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (Funny in Farsi #1) |
| Author | : | Firoozeh Dumas |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | January 13th 2004 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published June 17th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Humor. Biography |
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Very sweet and funny!I couldnt have started with a better book ringing in the New Year. Review to come soon !!
Originally published at TheBibliophage.com.Firoozeh Dumas memoir about growing up Iranian in California, Funny in Farsi, is a lighthearted look at her 1970s and 80s immigrant experience. Imagine moving to a country where you dont speak the language, and everyone is geographically challenged with no idea of where your home country is located on the globe. While Dumas isnt the only person to have such an experience, she makes her story unique with humor and pathos.Her father figures as the largest
I read farsi translated of this book (عطر سنبل/عطر کاج). It was percet. It really deserved the funniest book prize in US. I will buy the english version and read it again. Most of the time reading I were in stitches. I could not control my laughing even in my doctor's waiting room and sometimes my laughing ended to cry! I really recommend to read this book. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.
A big-hearted account for anyone who's ever been embarrassed about their parents, of being between cultures, of being a teen, all the above -- or who wants to understand what it might be like! Read this when it first came out & much enjoyed it. Especially loved a later NPR interview with author Dumas, where she noted that people are always intrigued by her French husband's accent, yet not so much hers...
Firoozeh Dumas family immigrated to the United States from Iran when she was seven years old. In this charming and often humorous memoir, she relates the experiences that her family had as they tried to assimilate into a totally different culture. Many readers will be able to relate to Firoozehs familys challenges as the majority of us are descendants of immigrants from all parts of the worldwhether recent or long ago.Each chapter focuses on specific remembrances, and many revolve around her
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, Firoozeh DumasFunny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America is a 2003 memoir by Iranian American author Firoozeh Dumas. The book describes Dumas's move with her family in 1972, at age seven, from Iran to Whittier, California, and her life in the United States for the next several decades (with a brief return to Iran). The book describes adjusting to the different culture and dealing with her extended family, most of whom also
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