MY LIFE AS A TRAITOR - AN IRANIAN MEMOIR (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days At the age of twenty, Zarah Ghahramani was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison, where criminals and political dissidents were held side by side in conditions of legendary brutality. In this richly textured memoir, she tells the terrifying, inspiring story of her time in prison. "My Life as a Traitor "celebrates a triumph of the individual over the state and is an affecting addition to the literature of struggle and dissent. Features Summary Iranian student Ghahramani was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison. Her crime was in wanting to slide back her headscarf to feel the sun on her hair... Author Zarah Ghahramani (Author), Robert Hillman (As told to) Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux Release date 20090106 Pages 242 ISBN 0-374-53164-1 ISBN 13 978-0-374-53164-5