The Literary questionnaire of
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
The Literary questionnaire of
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Actress and friend of the House Zar Amir Ebrahimi shares the books that have changed her life.
Actress and friend of the House Zar Amir Ebrahimi shares the books that have changed her life.
Does your lifestyle allow you to read as much as you would like to?
Never enough! One life, but so many books to read...
Is there a book that’s helped you in life?
The Divân by the great Iranian poet Hafez. But it’s not just me: every year in the Persian New Year, we open a page at random and read the poem that will set the tone for the events of the next twelve months. It’s like horoscope poetry!
What is the most liberating book you have read?
Perhaps Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary, the first book I was given in France. I carried it around in my bag for months without reading it, with this photo of the author in uniform on the cover. It was my gateway to France: the first book of my second life.
What is the most challenging book you’ve ever read? (for any reason: a personal echo, a book that is difficult or realistic, a book about war or a violent book…)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I literally cried my eyes out over this book, which is so close to what still upsets me today.
"Every year in the Persian New Year, we open a page at random and read the poem that will set the tone for the events of the next twelve months. It’s like horoscope poetry!"
Which book heroine would you most like to be?
Claudine, Colette’s literary double, mischievous and free!
What is the best place to read?
The train! When it breaks down in the tunnel, or there’s a strike in the middle of the countryside, or there’s no signal, and suddenly you’ve got hours ahead to really dive into a good book!
Are you more romance novel or adventure novel?
It’s like a game of truth or dare! Adventure, I’d say... even though love can be an adventure too.
Do you prefer long novels or short stories?
Short stories. Out of necessity, I’m afraid.
Which book would you like to see adapted to film?
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali.
A book you always offer as a gift.
This sublime graphic novel by the Australian cartoonist Shaun Tan, The Arrival, the most beautiful book about exile I’ve ever read...
Bibliographic
record
Romain Gary, Promise at Dawn Translated by Andrew Hurle, Penguin Books,
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins
Shaun Tan, The Arrival
Bibliographic
record
Romain Gary, Promise at Dawn Translated by Andrew Hurle, Penguin Books,
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins
Shaun Tan, The Arrival
Romain Gary, Promise at Dawn, Translated by John Markham Beach, Penguin Books, 1960.
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, Bloomsbury, 2003.
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003.
Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins, Translated by Andrew Hurle, Penguin Books, 1993.
Las ruinas circulares by Jorge Luis Borges. Copyright © 1995, Mariana del Socorro Kodama, Martín Nicolás Kodama, María Victoria Kodama, Matías Kodama and María Belén Kodama.
Shaun Tan, The Arrival, © Hodder Children's Books, 2006.
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