From Behind The Eyelids, Toeh Meisami

A short story/brief history of an Iranian family involved in and affected by the turbulent political situation of the country (specifically during the years before and after the 1979 revolution in Iran). The text, in each ten chapters of the book, is divided into the main and the marginal. While the main text has taken a subjective approach and narrates the personal, the marginal text refers to the historical and political events that happened parallel to the events of the family.