A Hundred Veils

As an Iranian, I was attracted to this book by the beautiful picture of our Mount Damavand on the cover and by the title, a phrase from a famous poem of Rumi. This is a novel about a young American living in Iran when the anti-Shah forces were just beginning to gather strength. I now live in the Sta......more

I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a young english professor Marcos travels and experiences in the 1960's in Iran. Pretty much the first thing he does when he arrives is to promptly fall in love with his friend Farhads beautiful and charming cousin, Mastaneh. Iran is a different world for Marco, m......more

Rea Keech has written a novel that informs, inspires and delights. A Hundred Veils is a love story that takes place in 1968 Iran. The protagonist is Marco, a young American teaching English at the University of Tehran for the International Teachers Association. As Keech served with the Peace Corps i......more

A Hundred Veils by Rea Keech was a delightful listen; I am grateful to the author for providing this title via the LibraryThing giveaway and thought the narration was great. An author who can read their own work well is always a treat and never a given. This is the story of a young American professo......more

above average romance story of a young male American teacher in Iran just prior to Iranian overthrow of Shah who falls in love with the cousin of his Iranian roommate. Explains a lot about the difference in perception of culture and society between Western and Iranian.......more