Prisoner of Tehran
Subtitle: the end of childhood in Iran
By: Marina Nemat
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780719562501; 9780719562518
Subjects: Women political prisoners; Biography; Political prisoners; History; Politics and government
Description: Growing up in Tehran in the 1970s, Marina Nemat enjoyed an idyllic childhood. But when the Iranian revolution reached its height in 1979, Marina's world changed for ever. Prisoner of Tehran is an account of a childhood interrupted, an intimate portrait of revolutionary Iran, and a compelling story of one woman's struggle for life and liberty.