Funny in Farsi (Random House, 2003) is Firoozeh Dumas' autobiography. The book spans Dumas' 9th year, when she first moved from small town Iran to Whittier, California. She writes about her experiences as an immigrant -- with a humorous twist. She laughs about not understanding the English language, getting lost at Disneyland, and money-earning schemes.
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Dumas' stories are told from an immigrant's perspectives; her contact with the Iranian revolution was through familial stories and the injustices visited upon her by her American countrymen in Newport Beach, CA. Each chapter, as the title suggests, is marked by humorous lines -- one-liners, descriptions that make the reader laugh out loud, eccentric people, and funny scenes that punctuate her point of view that all people, no matter where they come from, have similar needs and interests.
The review of this Book prepared by Samantha S.
