In the rose garden of the martyrs
| Title | In the rose garden of the martyrs
a memoir of Iran |
|---|---|
| Author | Christopher De Bellaigue |
| Publication | Harper Collins |
| Size | XII, 283p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 970066209807 |
| Topics |
Travel--Iran Iran--Social life and customs De Bellaigue, Christopher (1971-) Memoirs |
| Notes | In this superbly crafted and thoughtful book, de Bellaigue probes the human wreckage of the world's last great revolution. The result is a subtly intense revelation of the hearts and minds of the Iranian people, and what it is like to live among them. The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people. |
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