Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution

by Behrooz Ghamari and Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Book Overview

Set in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, Remembering Akbar weaves together the stories of a group of characters who share a crowded death row cell in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. A teeming world is evoked vividly through the relationships, memories, and inner lives of these political prisoners, many of whom were eventually executed. Told through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944869034
• ISBN13: 9781944869038
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: OR Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 6.9"