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Sayres, Meghan Nuttall.

Anahita's woven riddle / Meghan Nuttall Sayres. - New York : Amulet Books, 2006. - 352 p. ; 22 cm.

In Iran, more than 100 years ago, a young girl with three suitors gets permission from her father and a holy man to weave into her wedding rug a riddle to be solved by her future husband, which will ensure that he has wit to match hers.

0810954818 9780810954816

2006019893


Afshar (Turkic people)
Marriage
Muslims
Nomads
Sex role
Weaving
global literature

PZ7.S27585 / Ana 2006

[Fic]