![]() Thus Sug-e Siy?vosh?n is a lamentation in remembrance of the unjust killing of Siy?vosh. Siy?vosh, or Siy?vash, is a male character from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh who symbolises selflessness and innocence. ![]() ISBN 0934211310 The word Savushun (?) is said to have its root in the word Sug-e Siy?vosh?n (?), where Sug (?) means Lamentation and Siy?vosh?n, Pertaining to Siy?vosh. Daneshvar's most successful work Savushun,In the introduction to the English translation of Savushun (?) one reads : " Savushun, the title of the novel, is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an undatable pre-Islamic past, that conjures hope in spite of everything." Savushun: A novel about modern Iran (Mage Publishers, Washington, D.C., 1991). ![]() ![]() As an author and translator, Daneshvar writes sensitively about the Iranian woman and her life. ![]()
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