Honeymoon in Purdah

Honeymoon in Purdah
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Publisher : Picador
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9781466868335
ISBN-13 : 1466868333
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Book Synopsis Honeymoon in Purdah by : Alison Wearing

Download or read book Honeymoon in Purdah written by Alison Wearing and published by Picador. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully written travel memoir of a Western woman's journey in Iran 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 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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