Hillmann Micheal. Persian Fiction Reader

Publisher: Dunwoody Pr
Publication date: 1996
ISBN: 978-1881265368
Number of pages: 259Three texts in Persian Fiction Reader spotlight Mahmud Dowlatàbàdi's standing as Iran's leading novelist. I dedicate this reader to him in recognition of his accomplishments as a storyteller and wordsmith and in appreciation of his friendship. On a recent trip to Tehran, my two evenings as Mr. Dowatàbàdi's guest remain fresh in memory as hours spent as agreeably as time gets spent in talk about writing and life.
The first edition of Persian Fiction Reader appeared in early 1996 and was reprinted in 1998. This second edition reflects much appreciated feedback from use of the reader in courses at several universities and private institutes, especially second-year students of Persian at The University of Texas and participants in annual intensive summer courses organized by Persepolis Enterprises in Austin since 1993.
Persian Fiction Readeraiso contains cross references to three companion volumes for the study of Persian at intermediate and advanced levels: Persian Newspaper Reader (2000, second edition), Reading Iran Reading Iranians (2000, second edition), and Persian Vocabulary Acquisition: An Intermediate Reader and Guide to Word Forms and the Arabic Element in Persian (2001). These four volumes, along with an elementary textbook called Persian for America(ns) (2002), accompanied by audio, video, and workbook materials, constitute a comprehensive elementary and intermediate syllabus for the study of Persian.
I undertook the writing of Reading Iran Reading Iranians, Persian Fiction Reader, Persian Newspaper Reader, and Persian Vocabulary Acquisition at the invitation of Dunwoody Press, perhaps the leading American publisher of textbooks, grammars, and readers for less commonly taught languages. Because university Persian Studies programs generally lack resources to develop and publish readers and textbooks on their own, I am particularly grateful as an academic Persianist to Dunwoody Press for underwriting projects which give university Persian instructors needed resources for second- and third-year Persian courses and American government Persian specialists resources for self-study maintenance of reading skills. I especially thank Jim Mathias, Tom Creamer, and Jack Jones for their interest in the books and for their help in the writing and publication process, and desktop publishing specialist Aung Kyaw Oo and computer specialist Stephen Poulos for their contributions to the books' design and formatting.
Special thanks naturally go to Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, who collaborated with me on Persian Fiction Reader and who has coauthored with me a companion workbook called Persian Fiction Reader Workbook, which has self-study and classroom activities and exercises for all Persian texts in the Reader.