Tom Hanks\u2019 Short Stories on Way to Iran Bookstores.<\/p>\n
O<\/span>foq Publication is to publish a Persian rendering of the latest book of the two-time Oscar winning American actor Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n Titled \u2018Uncommon Type: Some Stories\u2019, the book is a collection of 17 short stories and hit the US market in mid-October.<\/p>\n The Iranian company has purchased the copyright for printing the book and will send it to the market soon after the translation by Mohammad Javadi<\/a> is completed, Iran Book News Agency reported.<\/p>\n This is Hanks\u2019 first collection of fiction. He also is a screenwriter and his writings have appeared in\u00a0The New York Times,\u00a0Vanity Fair, and\u00a0The New Yorker.<\/p>\n \u201cThe book demonstrates Hanks\u2019 heartwarming sensibility and his versatility as a writer,\u201d Entertainment Weekly wrote.<\/p>\n A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by civil war.<\/p>\n A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game, and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up a celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves.<\/p>\n An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life.<\/p>\n These are just some of the tales Hanks tells in his first collection of short stories.<\/p>\n