59 Recall This B-Side #4: Pardis Dabashi on “My Uncle Napoleon” (JP)

Iraj Pezeshkzad&#8216;s My Uncle Napoleon is a slapstick and at times goofy love story, but it is also in the best tradition of sly anti-imperial satire. Scholar Pardis Dabashi came to it late, but she has all the convert&#8217;s zeal as she links it to a literary tradition that&#8217;s highly theoretical, but also delightfully far-flung. &#8230; <a href="https://recallthisbook.org/2021/06/24/59-recall-this-b-side-4-pardis-dabashi-on-my-uncle-napoleon-jp/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "59 Recall This B-Side #4: Pardis Dabashi on &#8220;My Uncle Napoleon&#8221;&#160;(JP)"</span></a>