| Rosewater: Previously Published as 'then They Came for Me' Contributor(s): Bahari, Maziar (Author), Molloy, Aimee (Author), Hoye, Stephen (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1452602875 ISBN-13: 9781452602875 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.46" W x 5.54" (0.42 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran's presidential election, he assured his pregnant fiancee, Paola, that he'd be back in just a few days, a week at most. Little did he know, as he kissed her good-bye, that he would spend the next three months in Iran's most notorious prison, enduring brutal interrogation sessions at the hands of a man he knew only by his smell: Rosewater. For the Bahari family, wars, coups, and revolutions are not distant concepts but intimate realities they have suffered for generations: Maziar's father was imprisoned by the shah in the 1950s, and his sister by Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. Alone in his cell at Evin Prison, fearing the worst, Maziar draws strength from his memories of the courage of his father and sister in the face of torture, and hears their voices speaking to him across the years. He dreams of being with Paola in London, and imagines all that she and his rambunctious, resilient eighty-four-year-old mother must be doing to campaign for his release. During the worst of his encounters with Rosewater, he silently repeats the names of his loved ones, calling on their strength and love to protect him and praying he will be released in time for the birth of his first child. A riveting, heart-wrenching memoir, Then They Came for Me offers insight into the past fifty years of regime change in Iran, as well as the future of a country where the democratic impulses of the youth continually clash with a government that becomes more totalitarian with each passing day. An intimate and fascinating account of contemporary Iran, it is also the moving and wonderfully written story of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of repression. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bahari, Maziar: - Maziar Bahari is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and human-rights activist who was named a finalist in 2009 for Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, often described as Spain's Nobel Peace Prize.Molloy, Aimee: - Aimee Molloy is the coauthor of books including Jantsen's Gift with Pam Cope and This Moment on Earth with Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry.Hoye, Stephen: - Actor Stephen Hoye is a graduate of London's Guildhall and a veteran of London's West End. An award-winning audiobook narrator, he has won thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and two prestigious APA Audie Awards. |