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Farzaneh is a young girl who goes to Topchenar Village in Mashhad as a teacher of the Literacy Movement Organization of Iran. The village is between two mountains with a few households. At first, Farzaneh is not welcomed, but later Farzaneh succeeds in establishing a warm and intimate relationship with the villagers and attract them to herself. While living there, she becomes intimate with the locals and learns about their problems and deprivations, but above all, a girl with tuberculosis called Narges captures her attention. Narges cannot attend the classroom because of her illness, and Farzaneh tries hard to help her. It is wartime and the country is in crisis, but whenever Farzaneh returns to her hometown of Bojnurd, her mind is busy with Topchenar Village. She tries to construct water pipeline in the village with the help of The Ministry of Construction Jihad but she discovers she has been infected with tuberculosis via Narges. An illness without a happy ending. Farzaneh lives in a house owned by Heybatollah. In the village, most of the women work and go to the desert for sheep grazing and firewood collection. All events take place in the village and the beautiful atmosphere and scenery and the sincere villagers are depicted in full detail. The difficulties and hardships of a rural teacher are also mentioned in this book.
Shah Hosseini built the Topchenar novel upon the true story of a woman named Farzaneh Salehabadi. She was a teacher who was martyred during her sacred job at Topchenar village. In 1989, Shahriar Bahrani produced a movie adapted from Topchenar novel, Do Not Spoil the Water. Shah Hosseini wrote this novel to defend the personality and oppression of women. A story with sophisticated construction, and strong and tangible character development, that is based on a fresh and pristine subject matter.
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For a long time, the woman could not bear any eye look at her face, that long ago the error lines were spread on it. She lowered her head and followed her line of sight to crawl between the flames.
The girl, still trying to find a way into her soul, asked, “You just have this one child, why do not you come to the classroom?”
Salimeh curled up her knees and said, “People’s problems are not just kids. I have so many problems that I cannot count them.”
ـ “Everyone must learn.”
ـ “The must for me is the bread of this orphan and a few dollars to solve my problems.”
ـ “That is why I want you to come to the classroom . . .”
The woman grimaced in a way that shook the corner of her lips and interrupted the girl, “You are so unconcerned! You are up to your waist in the water, and demand a person with the burned foot to listen to mystics’ singing (Sema)!”
Author About:
Enise Shahhusseini
(1997-Gorgan)
Ensieh Shah Hosseini is a writer in the Iranian cinema and television scene. She began her professional career in motion pictures and in 1989 worked as a scriptwriter on the film Delnamak, directed by Amir Ghavidel. Although most of us know Ensieh Shah Hosseini as a writer, she has been active in other professions as well. In addition to being a writer, Ensieh Shah Hosseini has also worked in cinema and television as a director. The most important works of Ensieh Shah Hosseini in her directing career include these movies: More Beautiful Than Life, Penalty, Goodnight Commander, It Is Sunset, Come and The Opportunity.
Ensieh Shah Hosseini is mostly known as a motion picture scriptwriter since 90% of her work is related to cinema art. In fact, 9 out of 10 works under her belt are related to her cinema career. She has received many awards such as the female actor award from Eurasia Festival in Kazakhstan, the special audience award from the Vsol Festival in France and the best Asian film award from the Bird View Festival in London, England.
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