In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060935367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 wistfulness and disappointment seems to pervade. They reminisce about the sense of purity and purpose the revolution brought, and they speak rev. ), 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 wistfulness and disappointment seems to pervade. They reminisce about the sense of purity and purpose the revolution brought, and they speak rev. 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 wistfulness and disappointment seems to pervade. They reminisce about the sense of purity and purpose the revolution brought, and they speak rev. ), 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 wistfulness and disappointment seems to pervade. They reminisce about the sense of purity and purpose the revolution brought, and they speak rev. How can you live in Iran and say "Iranians never smile? Diane M. Tober 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 change in national mood. With the presidency of Khatami, for example, suddenly murals and billboards of Khatami showed a smiling president. Likewise. Well written and insightful, but not the complete picture Middle Easterner 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 the book was Mr. de. Bellaigue's focus on seeing Iran through the lense of Shiite Islam. At one point he makes the absurd statement that "It is e
Rather, Ballaigue, who covers Iran for the Economist, presents a textured view of a complex society, struggling with an ancient culture, a radical ideology and a Westernized elite. 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 rows of headstones. (On sale Jan. All rights reserved. 4)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Drawing inspiration from George Orwell, who chronicled the Catalonian revolution of the 1930s and its betrayal by Stalinists, Ballaiguecharts the Islamist revolution from its origins in the repressive regime of the Shah and the fiery ser
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 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