1. Censoring an Iranian Love Story

1. Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour

This novel is entwines two stories - the narrator as an artist, writing around the censors of Iran and the fictional story of two young people trying to create a love story within the parameters of their society.  As the narrator self-censors in order to allow his novel to be published, he gives insight into layered Iranian symbols, pieces of everyday life and the meaning of art in a nation confined.