The Book of Fate

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Saniee, Parinoush
[Sahme man. English]
The book of fate / Parinoush Saniee ; translated by Sara Khalili.

Translation of: Sahme man.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN: 978-1-77089-383-2 (pbk.). ISBN: 978-1-77089-384-9 (html)

1. Iran — History — 1979–1997 — Fiction. 2. Iran — History — 1997– — Fiction.
I. Khalili, Sara, translator II. Title. III. Title: Sahme man. English.

PK6562.29.A55S2413 2013 891’.5534 C2013-902787-4 C2013-902788-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013938680

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