In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0066209803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly This portrait of the Islamist revolution's heartland is far from the "axis of evil" caricature so often associated with the regime that held Americans hostage in 1979–1980 and is actively pursuing nuclear arms today. All rights reserved. 4)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The book is peppered with interviews with and vignettes of the many Iranians the author has met during his years in Iran; the title refers to a cemetery in Tehran where the martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war are interred—"rose garden" being an ironic rendition of row
Valerie J. Saturen said Portraits of Post-Revolution Iran. Two and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution (the book was published in "Portraits of Post-Revolution Iran" according to Valerie J. Saturen. Two and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution (the book was published in 200Portraits of Post-Revolution Iran Valerie J. Saturen Two and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution (the book was published in 2004), Iran clings tightly to its past, yet feels the tremors of change. Christopher de Bellaigue, a Brit who lives in Tehran with his Iranian wife and son, writes vividly of his encounters with revolutionaries, veterans, mullahs, and reformers, delivering a multifaceted collection of snapshots of Iran and its people.Among the revolutionary generation, a w. ), Iran clings tightly to its past, yet feels the tremors of change. Christopher de Bellaigue, a Brit who lives in Tehran with his Iranian wife and son, writes vividly of his encounters with revolutionaries, veterans, mullahs, and reformers, delivering a multifaceted collection of snapshots of Iran and its people.Among the revolutionary generation, a w. 00Portraits of Post-Revolution Iran Valerie J. Saturen Two and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution (the book was published in 2004), Iran clings tightly to its past, yet feels the tremors of change. Christopher de Bellaigue, a Brit who lives in Tehran with his Iranian wife and son, writes vividly of his encounters with revolutionaries, veterans, mullahs, and reformers, delivering a multifaceted collection of snapshots of Iran and its people.Among the revolutionary generation, a w. ), Iran clings tightly to its past, yet feels the tremors of change. Christopher de Bellaigue, a Brit who lives in Tehran with his Iranian wife and son, writes vividly of his encounters with revolutionaries, veterans, mullahs, and reformers, delivering a multifaceted collection of snapshots of Iran and its people.Among the revolutionary generation, a w. Diane M. Tober said How can you live in Iran and say "Iranians never smile?. While this book provides some interesting details about life in Iran, I was expecting that it would provide a deeper, more critical analysis. Instead, it came across as a rather shallow, orientalist account of Iranian culture. I, too, lived in Iran, though not as long as the author. While it is true that for years following the Iran-Iraq war there was a national state of mourning, it is also true that there has been substantial chang. Well written and insightful, but not the complete picture Mr. de Bellaigue's prose is superb and he had many interesting experiences in Iran; It is obvious he wore out a lot of shoe leather writing this book. We are treated to a host of eclectic characters, from the daughter of murdered secular dissidents, to disillusioned former revolutionaries cum reformists, as well as the plight of everday Iranians who are getting by in a poorly managed, authoritarian theocracy.The problem I had with th
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.. The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent cha