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Reviewed on January 15, 2006
No ordinary father-and-son tale, this beautiful and poetic work interweaves the stories of Aga Akbar, a deaf-mute carpet mender, and his son, Ishmael, with the political history of 20th-century Iran. As a child, Aga Akbar learned to write cuneiform characters that no one else could decipher. Throughout his life, he has maintained a notebook in which he records all the t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More