Sputnik- A new novel that recently hit the bookshelves in Iran is meant to prove that the story of 300 Spartans is far from the only time when a small band of brave warriors challenged a vastly superior enemy force.
The publishers introduction openly states that the novel, based onan ancient Persian epic, is a response tothe rather biased movie ...
Iranian novelist Mahsa Moheb-AIi turned to literature as an escape from the restrictions imposed by the Islamic regime. At the time there was no entertaining programme on television nor good movies. The only place left to help my imagination was literature, Ms Moheb-Ali says.
She was not alone. Creative writing flourished after the Islamic revolution ...