Originally published in Persian as Jazireh-ye sargardani

(Tehran: Kharazmi Publishers, 1993).

Copyright © 2022 by Patricia J. Higgins and Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi

Syracuse University Press

Syracuse, New York 13244-5290

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ISBN: 978-0-8156-1147-9 (paperback)978-0-8156-5561-9 (e-book)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dānishvar, Sīmīn, 1921–2012, author. | Shabani-Jadidi, Pouneh, 1971– translator. | Higgins, Patricia J., translator.

Title: Island of bewilderment : a novel of modern Iran / Simin Daneshvar ; translated from the Persian by Patricia J. Higgins and Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi.

Other titles: Jazīrah-’i sargardānī. English

Description: First edition. | Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022. |

Series: Middle East literature in translation | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022015693 (print) | LCCN 2022015694 (ebook) | ISBN 9780815611479 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815655619 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Iran—Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PK6561.D263 J3913 2022 (print) | LCC PK6561.D263 (ebook) | DDC 891/.5533—dc23/eng/20220408

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