The blood of flowers : a novel

Title
  1. The blood of flowers : a novel / Anita Amirrezvani.
Published by
  1. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2007.
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Author
  1. Amirrezvani, Anita.

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Description
  1. 377 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. "In Persia, in the seventeenth century, a young woman is forced to leave behind the life she knows and move to a new city. Her father's unexpected death has upended everything - her expectation of marriage, her plans for the future - and cast her and her mother upon the mercy of relatives in the fabled city of Isfahan." "Her uncle is a wealthy designer of carpets for the Shah's court, and the young woman is instantly drawn to his workshop. She takes in everything - the dyes, the yarns, the meanings of the thousand ancient patterns - and quickly begins designing carpets herself. This is men's work, but her uncle recognizes both her passion and her talent and allows her secretly to cross that line." "But then a single disastrous, headstrong act threatens her very existence and casts her and her mother into an even more desperate situation. She is forced into an untenable form of marriage, a marriage contract renewable monthly, for a fee, to a wealthy businessman. Caught between forces she can barely comprehend, she knows only that she must act on her own, risking everything, or face a life lived at the whim of others."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  1. Iran > History > Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736 > Fiction
  2. Women weavers > Fiction
  3. Historical fiction
  4. Young women > Fiction
  5. Rugs > Fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Historical fiction.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries