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A review by lovelykd
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
4.0
I didn't know anything about Forugh Farrokhzhad before reading [b:Song of a Captive Bird|35574989|Song of a Captive Bird|Jasmin Darznik|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1517225907s/35574989.jpg|53678825], but felt compelled to learn more about her after reading this beautifully written story by Jasmin Darznik.
Forugh is a woman living in Tehran during a time when a woman's value is judged by her maternal and matrimonial performance. Women are not valued for their thoughts, or actions, outside the home,and any movement they make towards progressiveness is shunned or severely punished.
It is within this climate of patriarchy Forugh's journey out of captivity begins.
She goes against what is acceptable, and fights for her independence (spiritually, creatively, emotionally, and physically) because she believes it is not she who is wrong, but the world around her that is failing to acknowledge its own closed-mindedness.
The tale Darznik weaves leads feels lovingly crafted and you can't help but adore the care and empathy with which she writes about this early pioneer of feminism.
This is a marvelous story, with a bittersweet end.
Forugh is a woman living in Tehran during a time when a woman's value is judged by her maternal and matrimonial performance. Women are not valued for their thoughts, or actions, outside the home,and any movement they make towards progressiveness is shunned or severely punished.
It is within this climate of patriarchy Forugh's journey out of captivity begins.
She goes against what is acceptable, and fights for her independence (spiritually, creatively, emotionally, and physically) because she believes it is not she who is wrong, but the world around her that is failing to acknowledge its own closed-mindedness.
The tale Darznik weaves leads feels lovingly crafted and you can't help but adore the care and empathy with which she writes about this early pioneer of feminism.
This is a marvelous story, with a bittersweet end.