Fariba Vafi

Books written by Middle Eastern women are commonly selected for translation into English because they contain elements both familiar and exotic: through their struggles with oppressive religio-political systems or dangerous intercommunal conflicts, the women in these books reveal themselves to be "just like us" in their hopes and aspirations. How refreshing then to pick up My Bird—a bestseller in author Fariba Vafi's Iran—which avoids these tired tropes and delves deeply into the psyche of one ordinary unhappy woman to create one of the most oddly compelling reads of the year.

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