This article addresses the potency of semantics of space in Modern Iranian literature by analyzing a novel by Moniru Ravanipur, one of the most distinguished  authors of the post-revolutionary period, The Gypsy by the Fire (Kouli-ye kenar-e atash). It argues that spatial dimensions become the constructional axis of the novel, binding together its different components. Just as skillfully Ravanipur operates between classical Persian literary notions of space and Modern psychological and cultural theories of place and travel, proving both the worldliness of  her own craft and Modern Iranian Fiction.
 

This article addresses the potency of semantics of space in Modern Iranian literature by analyzing a novel by Moniru Ravanipur, one of the most distinguished  authors of the post-revolutionary period, The Gypsy by the Fire (Kouli-ye kenar-e atash). It argues that spatial dimensions become the constructional axis of the novel, binding together its different components. Just as skillfully Ravanipur operates between classical Persian literary notions of space and Modern psychological and cultural theories of place and travel, proving both the worldliness of  her own craft and Modern Iranian Fiction.