An example of imagery from Tehran Calling.

Imagery Quotes:

She was, at heart, a hollow person, who clung to hollow things.

“So what do they do? They marry her, so they can rape her. They rape her—so they can kill her—so she won’t go to heaven, where all the virgins go.” Her nostrils flared in the middle of her rough, square face. “Men of God,” she said.

"The sound of rain filled the room—rain fell on the streets, on the roofs, on the tin shed across the parking lot like the distant detonations of firecrackers. Everything smelled of wet leaves." (p.4)

"We pass buildings made of brick, of cement blocks, of wood and plastic. Faces of people merge back into the material of their houses. Street kids scavenge for food by the roadside, some of them inhaling the pale yellow sacol from supermarket bags..." (p.32)

"As they climbed, the sun absorbed itself into her body: calves, hamstrings, the belt of skin above her skirt, the backs of her golden arms." (p.112)