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Parsnips in Love

Written by: Porochista Khakpour
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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From award-winning Iranian author Porochista Khakpour comes a tender fable about the shapes love takes, a discovery of ineffable beauty, and the desire to make it last.

An ailing farmer in rural Iran unearths an extraordinary find: two parsnips, grown together and looking for all the world like entwined lovers. For now, the sublime treasure is his secret. Wrapping it in a silk handkerchief, he nestles it away in a dresser drawer. Day after day, he gazes at their unmistakable rapture, reminded of the long-gone youthful passions he once shared with his wife. So, too, he mourns the inevitable - the eventual decay of the parsnips in love. When he decides to share his discovery with the world, his life and the lives of those around him connect and change in the most unexpected ways.

©2019 Porochista Khakpour (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Magical Realism Short Stories Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction World Literature
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it's a beautiful story looking at immortality though the lens of parsnips. it's amusing and heartwarming at the same time. telling the story of human lives when compared to the compass of vegetables/art/meaning. It's much more profound than meets the eye at first.

Lovely Iranian tale about immortality

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