Through the sympathetic
eyes of an impoverished orphan boy named Mohammad, and
in the tradition of Like Water for Chocolate
and The Joy Luck Club, The Blue Mosiac
Vase explores the role of women bound by thousands
of years of tradition in a land where sons are prized.
Left with only the beautiful blue mosiac vase, a gift
he once gave his mother, Mohammad begins his quest for
identity, love and belonging. And just as the fragile
and intricate pieces of the vase fit together, so Mohammad’s
‘coming of age’ intertwines with the lives
of these women, set against the ancient rhythms of Tehran’s
bazaar, the desolate mud-brick villages of turn-of-the-century
Persia, the impact of Islam upon their lives.
Mohammad first explores his world
in the footsteps of his mother, Pargol, victom of the
bazaar’s harshness and disease; next through his
brother’s child bride, Feredeh, bound by ancient
religious tradition; and by the suffering of the harlot,
Leila, shackled by hunger into a life that has few options.
He experiences life within the
dark, liquid eyes of his first love, Sherine, forced
by the solemn promise of her father to marry another;
through his wife, the beautiful Amira, driven by gold
and lust for one she cannot have; and from the pain
of the little servant girl, Batool, imprisoned by her
society and left with only one choice – to buy
her disgrace in the murky waters of the jewb.
Although disillusioned by the
unfairness and cruelty that reign in his world, Mohammad
is determined not to give up. His journey finally leads
him to the widowed village weaver, Najmeh, who brings
real meaning to his life. Filled with love and compassion,
yet free and unbound as the shifting desert sands that
surround her village, she answers only to herself. But
will Mohammad find the strength to break the bonds that
bind him? He knows he must.
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