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Poets and PahlevansPoets and Pahlevans: A Journey Into the Heart of Iran Author: Marcello Di Cintio Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Knopf Canada; 1ST edition (August 15, 2006) Language: English ISBN 10: 0676977324 Marcello Di Cintio prepares for his journey into the heart of Iran? with the utmost diligence. He takes lessons in Farsi, researches Persian poetry and sharpens his wrestling skills by returning to the mat after a gap of some years. Knowing that there is a

Poets and Pahlevans: A Journey Into the Heart of Iran

Author:Marcello Di Cintio

Hardcover:304 pages

Publisher:Knopf Canada; 1ST edition (August 15, 2006)

Language:English

ISBN-10:0676977324

Marcello Di Cintio prepares for his óìjourney into the heart of Iranó? with the utmost diligence. He takes lessons in Farsi, researches Persian poetry and sharpens his wrestling skills by returning to the mat after a gap of some years. Knowing that there is a special relationship between heroic poetry and the various styles of traditional Persian wrestling, he sets out to discover how Iranians óìreconcile creativity with combat.ó?

From the moment of his arrival in Tehran, the author is overwhelmed by hospitality. He immerses himself in male company in tea houses, conversing while smoking theqalyunor water pipe. Iranian men are only too willing to talk, especially about politics. Confusingly, he is told conflicting statementsóñthat all Iranians love George Bush, that all Iranians hate George Bush; that life was infinitely better under the Shah, that the mullahs swept away the corruption of the Shahs regime and made life better for all.

Once out of Tehran, he learns where the traditional forms of wrestling are practised. His path through the country is directed by a search for the variant disciplines and local techniques of wrestling and a need to visit sites and shrines associated with the great Persian poets: Hafez, Ferdosi, Omar Khayyíçm, Attar, Shahriyar and many others. Everywhere his quest leads him, he discovers that poetry is loved and quoted by everyone from taxi-drivers to students.

His engagement with Iranian culture is intimate: he wrestles (sometimes reluctantly) when invited, samples illegal home-brew alcohol, attends a wedding, joins mourners, learns a new way to drink tea and attempts to observe the Ramazan fast, though not a Muslim himself. Though he has inevitable brushes with officialdom, he never feels in danger, even when he hears that a Canadian photo-journalist has apparently been beaten to death in a police cell during the authors visit. The outraged and horrified reaction of those around him to this violent act tightens the already close bond he has formed with the Persians.

His greatest frustration is that he is unable to converse freely with Iranian women aware that an important part of his picture of Iran is thus absent. Yet the mosaic of incidents, encounters, vistas, conversations, atmospheres and acutely observed sights, smells and moments creates a detailed impression of a country and society that will challenge most, if not all, preconceptions.

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