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Remembering Akbar : inside the Iranian Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari.
Author
Ghamari-Tabrizi, Behrooz
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York ; London : OR Books, [2016]
©2016
Description
316 pages ; 18 cm
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Available Online
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DS318.8 .G436 2016
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Political prisoners
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Iran
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Biography
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Iran
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History
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Revolution, 1979
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Biographies
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collective biographies
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Summary note
Set in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, Remembering Akbar weaves together the stories of a group of characters who share a crowded death row cell in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. A teeming world is evoked vividly through the relationships, memories, and inner lives of these political prisoners, many of whom were eventually executed. Told through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor is infused with a mordant sense of humor, the story takes the reader beyond mere political struggles and revelations, to a vibrant alternative history, as it were, by the losers. Rather than exalting the heroic, or choosing to focus merely on despair or redemption, Remembering Akbar reveals eloquently how life unfolds when death is starkly imminent. It is a deeply moving story of great camaraderie, biting humor, and soulful remembrance.
ISBN
1944869034 ((paperback))
9781944869038 ((paperback))
OCLC
943593996
Other standard number
99972105451
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