Comments on: Funny in Farsi – Book Review

By: Bijan M.

Bijan M. — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:01:09 +0000

Funny in Farsi, is a great book. Essay style or not, it still conveys the intended message. It is just one girl’s POV. Persepolis is another. I wish I knew of some books written from a a guy’s perspective, that would be interesting. Persians stand up wwhat.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:27:43 +0000

I really loved this book, but I knew it was essays going in. Her follow-up, Laughing Without an Accent, is also good but is written in the same style. .-= S. Krishna´s last blog ..Ice Land – Betsy Tobin =-.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:42:43 +0000

Sounds like an interesting book. Did you think the essays had any sort of coherence or theme too them — I love essay collections, but only if it seems like the parts add up to something, you know?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:51:52 +0000

I also enjoyed this book in spite of it not being what I was expecting. I’d recommended it for my book club, and it wasn’t ideal for discussion– that cohesion you were missing would have helped.

I listened to the audio, and thought it was well done.
.-= Laura´s last blog ..Expectations for books for younger readers =-.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:55:16 +0000

Sounds interesting. I like books about family.

By: Nari @ The Novel World

Nari @ The Novel World — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:45:05 +0000

I adored this book, mostly because of all the similarities between my Middle Eastern family and hers. I felt like I was reading about some of my own childhood experiences. I’m a bigger fan of short-essay type of memoirs (like David Sedaris) than an actual autobiographical format.

Her second book, Laughing Without An Accent is a lot more serious than Funny in Farsi, and slightly more cohesive. Its also more mature, because it discusses her adulthood, rather than childhood.

By: bookmagic

bookmagic — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:38:55 +0000

At first I thought this book was funny, then I thought she overdid it on the mocking of her family. It was just too much. But I thought she was a good writer

By: sarah pekkanen

sarah pekkanen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:08:49 +0000

I think I heard this author in NPR, and she was very funny on the radio. I’d be curious to see if it translated to the written page.

By: bookfan

bookfan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:48:54 +0000

I read it a year or two ago and thought it was light and enjoyable.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:05:48 +0000

I’ve seen this book around a little bit but I’m not really interested thus far. I don’t know that the essay type style of writing would really appeal to me.