Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!
(By the way, the bolding below is intentional and is exactly as it is in the book)
“On the horizon I see the dark cylinder of the Tower of Babel against the light, erect and solid it has risen toward the sky, and from its peak a cream-colored cloud pours down, the fountain of blind men’s fantasies, the fountain of inspiration for flamingos that migrate with purgatories beneath their wings…Sara…Sara…
After I write these lines, Dara’s perspiring and provoked stream of consciousness cuts to an image of grueling march exercises at the military base.”
-Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour, p. 70
This is a magnificent piece of prose. Thanks for the teaseer!
.-= fantaghiro´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesday – June 16 =-.
I haven’t heard of this book, but your teaser sure leaves an interesting image!
.-= JoAnn´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesdays – June 16 =-.
This is wonderful, thanks for this teaser. I think I might need to add yet another to the TBR pile.
.-= Tam´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesday =-.
Great teaser. Can’t tell if this book is fiction or non-fiction
.-= Nise’´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesday =-.
It is fiction. It is written by an Iranian author and has a story within a story. The non-bolded section is narrated by the author’s fictional Iranian author persona. He’s in the process of writing a love story and having to self-censor in order to write something that has a chance of being published and distributed.
I’ve not heard of this. Sounds interesting and I look forward to hearing more when you are finished.
.-= stacybuckeye´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesday – Deep Shaker =-.
Wow. Nice quote. I haven’t heard of this book either, but I definitely have now.
.-= Beth F´s last blog ..Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea =-.
Oh very nice!
Here’s mine:
http://tjbook-list.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-meme-teaser-tuesdays-16th-june.html
Take care,
Sassy
.-= Sassy Brit´s last blog ..BLOG MEME: Teaser Tuesdays (16th June) =-.
This is a fantastic quote. I hadn’t heard of the book until your post but I’m about to check it out. Thanks for sharing.