Shahrnush Parsipur
Praise for Women Without Men
Parsipur's layered tales, glittering in a fresh translation, continue to beckon you into a world that is simultaneously scoured by reality, and touched with fable and myth
2026 International Booker Prize Judges
Women Without Men is the best feminist novel I know. It's thrilling, beautiful and hilarious, filled with weird women in transformation and the violent little men desperately trying to control them. I am conv ...
Johanne Lykke Holm
Parsipur is a courageous, talented woman, and above all, a great writer
Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis
Parsipur's layered tales, glittering in a fresh translation, continue to beckon you into a world that is simultaneously scoured by reality, and touched with fable and myth
2026 International Booker Prize Judges
Women Without Men is the best feminist novel I know. It's thrilling, beautiful and hilarious, filled with weird women in transformation and the violent little men desperately trying to control them. I am conv ...
Johanne Lykke Holm
Parsipur is a courageous, talented woman, and above all, a great writer
Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis
Parsipur's layered tales, glittering in a fresh translation, continue to beckon you into a world that is simultaneously scoured by reality, and touched with fable and myth
2026 International Booker Prize Judges
Women Without Men is the best feminist novel I know. It's thrilling, beautiful and hilarious, filled with weird women in transformation and the violent little men desperately trying to control them. I am conv ...
Johanne Lykke Holm
Parsipur is a courageous, talented woman, and above all, a great writer
Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis
