Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran - Rilegato

Nemat, Marina

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ISBN 10: 0719562503 ISBN 13: 9780719562501

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2007

Riassunto

Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemat's idyllic childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her Maths lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where interrogation and torture were part of the daily routine. Aged sixteen, she was sentenced to death. Her prison guard snatched her from the firing squad bullets but exacted a shocking price in return -- marriage to him and conversion to Islam. Marina lived out her prison days as his secret bride, spending nights with him in a separate cell. But then her world changed once again forever! >

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'A shockingly vivid picture of prison life' (Daily Mail)

'Her story is unforgettable' (Janine de Giovanni, Vogue)

'Mesmirizing stuff' (Glamour)

'A moving and eloquent account of her life' (Sainsbury's Magazine, June issue)

'Nemat (tells) an extraordinary story of life in revolutionary Iran, of imprisonment, forced marriage and conversion to Islam' (Sue Baker, Publishing News)

Like a harrowing Thousand and One Arabian Nights, Prisoner of Tehran is the story of Marina Nemat - her unvarnished courage, her intrepid wisdom, her fight to save her integrity and her family in a world in which to be female is to be chattel. Written with the deft hands of a novelist, it is the portrait of a world only too real, where women's lives are cheap - but not this one (Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN and CAGE OF STARS)

'Prisoner of Tehran is a harrowing journey, an account of growth under the darkest of circumstances and a trial of faith in the face of overwhelming horror. It is skillfully constructed, with a keen sense of suspense' (Robert J. Wiersema, author of BEFORE I AWAKE)

'Prisoner of Tehran is an extraordinary story of survival and how one woman finally found inner peace through the written word' (Entertainment Weekly)

'This powerful memoir examines Nemat's struggle to forgive those who beat her and sentenced her to death at 16 for speaking out against her government' (Newsweek)

'It is an act of bravery, this book, as well as compassion. Her words, well wrought and heartfelt, expose her shocking dilemma and the terrible system that tried to defile her' (The Globe and Mail (Canada))

L'autore:

Marina Nemat was born in Tehran and grew up during the Iranian revolution. She now lives in Canada with her husband and their two sons.

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• Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0719562503
• ISBN 13: 9780719562501
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288