作者:FARMANFARMAIAN, MONIR SHAHROUDY/ HOUSHMAND, ZARA 出版社:RANDOM HOUSE INC 出版日期:2008年08月12日 語言:英文 ISBN:9780307278784 裝訂:平裝 內容簡介TOPIN PERSIA IN 1924, WHEN A CHILD STILL HAD TO WORRY ABOUT HOSTILE CAMELS IN THE BAZAAR AND A NANNY MIGHT SPIN STORIES AT HER PILLOW UNTIL HER EYES FELL SHUT, THE EXTRAORDINARY AND IRRESISTIBLE MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN WAS BORN. FROM THE ENCHANTED BASEMENT STOREROOM WHERE SHE PLAYED AS A GIRL TO THE PENTHOUSE HIGH ABOVE NEW YORK CITY WHERE SHE WOULD SOMEDAY LIVE, THIS IS THE DELIGHTFUL AND INSPIRING STORY OF HER LIFE AS AN ARTIST, A WIFE AND MOTHER, A COLLECTOR, AND AN IRANIAN. HERE WE SEE A MISCHIEVOUS GIRL BECOME A SPIRITED WOMAN WHO DEFIES TRADITION. BOTH A LOVE STORY AND A CELEBRATION OF THE WARMTH AND ELEGANCE OF IRANIAN CULTURE, A MIRROR GARDEN IS A GENUINE FAIRY TALE OF AN EXUBERANT HEROINE WHO HAS NEVER NEEDED RESCUING.