In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs
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.
| Autor: | de Bellaigue, Christopher |
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| ISBN: | 9780060935368 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 03.01.2006 |
| Untertitel: | A Memoir of Iran |
| Schlagworte: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Arab & Middle Eastern BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous HISTORY: MIDDLE EAST HISTORY: Middle East / General HISTORY: WORLD ISLAMIC STUDIES: HISTORY & POLITICS TRAVEL: Middle East / General |
Christopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in South Asia and the Middle East, writing for the Economist and the Financial Times, the Independent, and the New York Review of Books. His first book, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs, was short-listed for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize, and his second, Rebel Land, was short-listed for the 2010 Orwell Prize. He and his wife divide their time between London and Tehran.