Book Review Iran witnessed revolutions based on communism as well as Islam. Like all revolutions, they had their share of bloodshed and frenzy, narrow perspectives and flatulence. Revolutions make heroes of some and victims of many others. Opportunists fish in the troubled waters and reap rich dividends. In the end, nothing really changes for the majority for whom one form of oppression is replaced with another. In The Book of Fate , Persian writer Parinoush Saniee tells us the story of both the revolutions that rocked Iran. The story is narrated by Massoumeh who is a young school-going girl at the beginning of the novel. She is 53 at the end. The novel is essentially about her painful experiences in a country which has too many rules for women. Girls are meant only for procreation and education is not required for that. Girls should not reveal their teeth while laughing, nor can they laugh loud. They are not even allowed an identity: their face has to be conce
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