Honeymoon in Purdah : An Iranian Journey
by Wearing, Alison
Published by : Picador U.S.A. (New York) Physical details: 322 Pages 14x22 cm | HB ISBN:0312261810.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 955.05 W361H 2000 (Browse shelf) | Available | 15276 |
It is a biography.
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.
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.
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