My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library (Paperback))

My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library (Paperback))

The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth century<br><br>“God forbid, I’ve fallen in love with Layli!” So begins the farce of our narrator’s life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle Napoleon’s least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted. <br><br>First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now “Suggested Reading” in Azar Nafisi’s <i>Reading Lolita in Tehran.</i> <b>My Uncle Napoleon </b>is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue.