Prisoner of Tehran
One Woman's Story of Survival Inside a Torture Jail
$38.61
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2008
Summary
Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemat’s peaceful 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719562525 |
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| ISBN-10: | 071956252X |
| Author: | Marina Nemat |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 156mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘A shockingly vivid picture of prison life’ - Daily Mail
‘A dramatic account that takes us to the heart of a brutal … dictatorship’ - Morning Star‘Her story is unforgettable’ - Janine de Giovanni, Vogue‘Mesmerizing stuff’ - Glamour‘A gripping personal history’ - New York Times‘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 NewsLike 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 STARSAbout The Author
Marina Nemat
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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