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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Book Review: A Naked Woman in the Snow
A Naked Woman in the Snow by Dariush Beritan Genre: Literary Fiction / Short Stories Print Length: 84 pages Reviewed by Erin Britton A Naked Woman in the Snow, Dariush Beritan's debut collection of short stories, offers a po…
A Naked Woman in the Snow, Dariush Beritan's debut collection of short stories, offers a poignant and thoughtful exploration of the human condition, particularly in the face of conflict and exile. To accomplish this, Beritan draws from personal experience of voluntary exile and enforced censorship to craft stories that resonate with authenticity and emotional depth.
As Beritan explains in the blurb, the five collected stories are written in parataxis—that is, with clauses or phrases situated one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination—and a visual poetic style, which allows them to evoke more feeling and atmosphere than straightforward narratives. Moreover, given their form and subject matter, the stories prompt reflection, inviting consideration the complexities of everyday life in extraordinary circumstances.
The opening and title story in the collection, "A Naked Woman in the Snow," relates the tragic love story of Rashid, a Kurdish fighter, and Delbar, a blue-eyed village girl with honey hair. "She and Rashid set their dates most mornings before the sun rose, on horseback, out of sight, next to the only spring in the village, and flirted there." Although their armed opposition to the government results in their untimely deaths, the legend of Rashid and Delbar means that subsequent generations bear their names… and their complex fates.
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