The Rug Merchant Book Review

Rug merchant cyrus irani is a middle aged steadfast bachelor brought here in childhood from his native iran.

The rug merchant book review.

The rug merchant book. The rug merchant reader reviews and comments and links to write your own review page 1 of 1. The rug merchant meg mullins author. His wife is still in iran looking after his ailing mother and regularly sending him high quality rugs for his wealthy customers.

Read more read less. A literary intellectual and esthete by nature he is melancholic introspective painfully shy an endlessly self examining devotee of silence as he says a superfluous man. The rug merchant story of a man who has nobody and he relies on his rugs to find solace. He lives above the shop among other tenants and one year the rent is raised and it s too much for him to pay.

Viking 23 95 258p isbn 978 0 670 03481 9. I was doing a very small job runners down two stairways but was treated no differently than anyone else. Despire a series of momentous events in his life cyrus irani canno. The rug merchant will sweep readers away with its inspiring character rich tale about shaking free from disappointment and finding connection and acceptance in whatever form they appear.

This is the story of ushman an immigrant iranian rug merchant who owns a small establishment ideally located on madison avenue in manhattan. Buy this book new york city teems with quiet. Rene steinke author of holy skirts finalist for the 2005 national book award in fiction the rug merchant is a moving intelligent portrait of the immigrant ushman s double life and the absorbing story of a love affair brimming with surprises. As a last result he knows he can sell the rugs but then what.

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