The Sound of Silence
Dr. Pasha, Parvaneh Hashemi holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology Education, along with qualifications in Communications Design, the Arts, and Pedagogy. She works as a translator and college educator in British Columbia, Canada. For fifteen years, she founded and chaired Thousand and One Nights, a BC non-profit promoting creative writing, poetry, and the visual arts, earning recognition from notable Canadian figures and universities.
As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited across Canada with positive reviews. Her poetry and illustrations have appeared in numerous North American publications, and two of her poems are archived in the U.S. Library of Congress collections: The Path Not Taken and The Best of the 90s.
A widely traveled author, she has immersed herself in many cultures and learned several languages. Her deep empathy for people’s struggles—both internal and external—has led her to gather powerful accounts of loneliness and injustice through extensive online interviews worldwide. These conversations revealed how emotional burdens can drive individuals to act in unexpected, even unimaginable ways. The compelling true stories shared by ordinary people inspired her to shape them into two published novels: The Sound of Silence, exploring profound loneliness, and Who Knows Where Butterflies Die, portraying social and global injustice. They are in English and Persian.
Her books are officially cataloged by the Library of Congress in the United States of America (USA) and are published and distributed through iUniverse, a U.S.-based publishing house. They are accessible to readers worldwide through leading bookstores, online retailers, and the book’s dedicated website – www.phpasha.com
The Sound of Silence is an eternal narrative that explores the profound experience of human heartfelt isolation and its capacity to ensnare them inside, leading them to suffer direly or do the unthinkable.
Book Review:
· “The Sound of Silence is a powerful and emotional read that dives deep into how we let emotions take control, often at the cost of reason, love, and inner peace. It explores how doubt, regret, and resentment can quietly ruin relationships—and how we often escape into technology instead of facing our feelings. The story captures the loneliness of modern life and how the digital world gives us an easy way out: easy to connect, easier to disconnect. But behind the screen, something real is missing. The book doesn’t just tell a story—it makes you think about your own choices, your relationships, and the silence we often avoid. It’s beautifully written, thoughtful, and surprisingly relatable. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotion or lost in the noise of modern life, this book will speak to you.”
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