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They eventually find themselves in an allegorical, magical garden on the outskirts of the city. Here, the boundaries of reality blur as the women attempt to form a community free from male control. The narrative is steeped in magical realism and Persian mysticism—most famously featuring a woman who attempts to plant herself in the earth to become a tree. For writing this “frank and defiant” portrayal of female desire and sexuality, Parsipur was imprisoned by the Iranian government shortly after the book’s 1989 publication.
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