In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs : A Memoir of Iran - de Bellaigue Christopher - 2004

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283 pages. Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. A superb, authoritatively written insider's account of one of the most mysterious but significant and powerful nations in the world: Iran. Few historians and journalists writing in English have been able to meaninfully examine post-revolutionary Iranian life. Years after his death, the shadow of Ayatollah Khomeini still looms over Shi'ite Islam and Iranian politics, the state of the nation fought over by conservatives and radicals. They are contending for the soul of a revolutionary Islamic government that terrified the Western establishment and took them to leadership of the Islamic world. But times have changed. Khomeini's death and the deficiencies of his successor, the intolerance and corruption that has made the regime increasingly authoritarian and cynical, frustration at Iran's economic isolation and the revolution's failure to deliver the just realm it promised has transformed the spirit of the country. In this superbly crafted and deeply thoughtful book Christopher de Bellaigue, who is married to an Iranian and has lived there for many years, gives us the voices and memories of this 'worn-out generation': be they traders or soldiers, film-makers or clerics, writers or taxi Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0007195672. ISBN/EAN: 9780007195671. Inventory No: 17090119. By: de Bellaigue Christopher Year: 2004 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: