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Read [Shahrnush Parsipur Book] * Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir Online # PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir "A must read to obtain one perspective of the Iranian revolution" according to Shivaji Das. From one of Iran's well known writers; this is an account of her unfortunate multiple imprisonments and her life in the prison. The description of life in captivity is vivid: how it dulls the mind, how it brings out the worst in human nature, and most depressingly, how indignities slowly become acceptable. Some background about the multiple political ideologies of the prisoners would have been use. Eye op
| Title | : | Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558618163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
A terribly dark but truly illuminating narrative; Parsipur forces the reader to question human nature and resilience."—Shirin Neshat, artist"Kissing the Sword is a deeply moving, closely observed classic of its formwhen they imprisoned Shahrnush Parsipur, they picked on one of the world's greatest and most determined living authors."—Robert Coover, from the introduction"Using the techniques of both the fabulist and the polemicist, Parsipur continues her protest against traditional Persian gender relations in this charming, powerful novella."—Publishers Weekly (on Women Without Men)"The intricate narrat
Shortly after her release, she published Women Without Men and was arrested and jailed again, this time for her frank and defiant portrayal of women's sexuality. Shahrnush Parsipur was an important writer and television producer in her native Iran until 1979 when the Islamic Republic began imprisoning its citizens. Kissing the Sword captures the surreal experience of serving time without being charged with a crime, and witnessing the systematic destruction of any and all opposition to fundamentalist power. While still banned in Iran, the novel became an underground bestseller there, and has been translated into many languages around the world. It is a memoir filled with both horror and humor: nights blasted by the sounds of machine gun fire as hundreds of prisoners are summarily executed, and days spent debating prison officials on whether the Quran demands that women be covered. She m
"A must read to obtain one perspective of the Iranian revolution" according to Shivaji Das. From one of Iran's well known writers; this is an account of her unfortunate multiple imprisonments and her life in the prison. The description of life in captivity is vivid: how it dulls the mind, how it brings out the worst in human nature, and most depressingly, how indignities slowly become acceptable. Some background about the multiple political ideologies of the prisoners would have been use. Eye opening This book takes you into the prison system in Iran after the fall of the shah and I gotta tell you, it is unbelievably horrifying, but real. I continue to be amazed at man's inhumanity to man.. A Great Book. the great book, a true and very sad story about the women life in Islamic Country.
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