“What a unique book! After reading this book, I really do think twice when I look at a Persian rug! The author is a gifted story teller who also weaves Persian tales within the storyline of her book. Definitely a must read for those interested in culture and time period!”
“One of the lasting pleasures of this book is that I can never look at a rug again without thinking about the art invested in this workaday object. The art of the designer, the skill of the knotter, the hopes and ambitions woven deep into the wools and dyes. And the phenomenon of temporary marriage is still alive today which also raises a lot of questions and reflection. ”
“Loved the structure of this novel, with the folk tales interspersed throughout., which gave it a magical feel. The descriptive scenes were breathtaking,and gave me lots of information about a place and period in time about which I know very little. I'd disagree slightly with skrishna's assesment of the heroine. Her decisions were predictable-but she was so unique for her time, in that she actually made decisions for herself, as opposed to having decisions taken for her by the male family members-so keeping this in mind, I felt it made her predicaments and decisions quite riveting in their own right. While we can see the consequences, the fact that she was brave enough to defy convention on numerous occasions, did lend a certain tension to the overall plot. But it has to be the sheer poetry of the descriptive scenes which made this so appealing to me-highly recommended.”
