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Marina Nemat was born in 1965 in Tehran, Iran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, she was arrested at the age of sixteen and spent more than two years in Evin, a political prison in Tehran, where she was tortured and came very close to execution. She came to Canada in 1991 and has called it home ever since. Her memoir of her life in Iran, Prisoner of Tehran, was published in Canada by Penguin Canada in April 2007, has been published in 28 other countries, and has been an international bestseller. MacLean’s Magazine has called it “…one of the finest (memoirs) ever written by a Canadian.” Prisoner of Tehran has been short listed for many literary awards, including the Young Minds Award in the UK and the Borders Original Voices Award in the...more


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Average rating: 4.08 · 2,111 ratings · 411 reviews · 4 distinct works
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions
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After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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“Why doesn't anyone ask me anything about the last two years?" I asked her.
"The answer is very simple. We're afraid to ask because we're afraid of knowing... Maybe if we don't talk about it, and maybe if we pretend it never happened, it will be forgotten.”
― Marina Nemat, After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed
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“Nos da miedo preguntar porque nos da miedo saber.”
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