During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
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"Daily life exhilarated with the richness and evocativeness of poetry." WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD The novel that is sweeping the country. A beautiful story of 20th-century womanhood, of Gram, the Queen of Persia herself, who rules a house where five daughters and four granddaughters spin out the tragedies and triumphs of rural life in the 1950's. "From the Paperback edition.
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This was really beautiful but almost haunting. It's almost more a series of vignettes in the life of this family. The narration as a foursome of cousins was really interesting to read but really leant some depth to the storytelling - everyone is connected to everyone in all these different ways. I really enjoyed this. Yet another great NYRB Classics title.
