The Rug Merchant Book

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The rug merchant book.

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As a last result he knows he can sell the rugs but then what. Rug merchant cyrus irani is a middle aged steadfast bachelor brought here in childhood from his native iran. Buy this book new york city teems with quiet. The rug merchant beautifully illuminates how people from dramatically different cultures can still connect in a powerful way.

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Viking 23 95 258p isbn 978 0 670 03481 9. But the long form also reveals shortcomings in the consistency of the narrator s voice. A literary intellectual and esthete by nature he is melancholic introspective painfully shy an endlessly self examining devotee of silence as he says a superfluous man. Rene steinke author of holy skirts finalist for the 2005 national book award in fiction the rug merchant is a moving intelligent portrait of the immigrant ushman s double life and the absorbing story of a love affair brimming with surprises.

Despire a series of momentous events in his life cyrus irani canno. He lives above the shop among other tenants and one year the rent is raised and it s too much for him to pay. The rug merchant is based on a short story by the same name that appeared in the iowa review and was later anthologized in best american short stories 2002. The delicate subtle style that highlighted that work can frequently be found in the novel.

The rug merchant carries rugs from companies you won t find anywhere else in indiana such as kashanian tibet rug company and feizy. Read 6 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. The rug merchant meg mullins author.