Honeymoon in Purdah : An Iranian Journey (Record no. 5403)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01357nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0312261810 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 955.05 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Wearing, Alison |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Honeymoon in Purdah : An Iranian Journey |
| Statement of responsibility | Alison Wearing |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Picador U.S.A. |
| Year of publication | 2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 322 Pages |
| Other physical details | 14x22 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | It is a biography. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Traveling in Iran with a male friend, in the guise of honeymooners, the author finds a country filled with "welcoming, curious, warmhearted, ambitious men and women. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The beautifully written travel memoir of a Western woman's journey in Iran In the tradition of Nothing to Declare, Honeymoon in Purdah is a book of sketches gathered over the course of one woman's journey in Iran. Through her, we meet the ordinary and extraordinary people of Iran--men and women whose lives extend beyond Western news stories of of kidnappings, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism. Peppered with accounts of Iran's Islamic Revolution and political analyses of the country, Honeymoon in Purdah is a departure from our conventional perception of Iran. Alison Wearing give Iranians the chance to wander beyond headlines and stereotypes and in so doing, reveals the poetry of their lives. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Travel |
| -- | Iran |
| -- | Manners and customs |
| -- | Wearing, Alison |
| -- | Wearing, A. (Alison) |
| -- | Civilization |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-12-21 | MSL | 895.00 | 955.05 W361H 2000 | 15276 | Books |