Prisoner Of Tehran. The End Of Childhood In Iran

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: JohnMurray
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 280 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Includes 16 black and white photos. Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemats 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 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. Marina struggled to reconcile her hatred towards Ali and her feelings of physical repulsion with the fact that he had saved her life. When Ali was murdered by his enemies from Evin, and saved Marinas life for a second time, her feelings were complicated even further. At last she was able to return home, to her family and her past life, but silence surrounded her time as a political prisoner and the regime kept her under constant surveillance. Marinas world had been changed forever.

ISBN: 9780719562518