Saved by beauty
Subtitle: adventures of an American romantic in Iran
By: Roger Housden
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780307587732
Subjects: Social life and customs; Americans; Description and travel; Intellectual life; Travel; Biography
Description: Poet, adventurer, and unapologetic romantic Housden travels to Iran to learn about the people, the culture, and the art of this misunderstood land.
Table of contents: title: Writing Iran; title: Leaving the known; title: Paradise and poetry; title: Talking stones; title: Return to the source; title: The blue dome; title: Drink the wine; title: More than one veil; title: Christmas in Tehran; title: One imam and three wise men; title: The sorrow in Shiraz; title: Razor's edge; title: Politics as usual; title: In Mesopotamia; title: Return to beauty; title: Interrogation, with room service.