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Prisoner of Tehran

by Marina Nemat (Goodreads Author)

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 3,380 ratings · 511 reviews

"Prisoner of Tehran is a harrowing journey, an account of growth under the darkest of circumstances and a trail of faith in the face of overwhelming horror. It is skillfully constructed with a keen sense of suspense." Quill & Quire

Translated into twenty-two languages, Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat has become an international bestseller and is now available in pape

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Published August 3rd 2007 by Viking Books (first published May 1st 2007)

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May 18, 2007 John rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone

This is the most moving, powerful and astonishing book I've read since "The End of the Spear."
In a matter-of-fact tone that makes her vivid descriptions all the more compelling, Marina Nemat describes how she became a political prisoner in the early days of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary government for the crime of asking her calculus teacher to teach calculus instead of government propaganda. She was spared execution for this horrendous crime (but not imprisonment) only through the intercession o...more

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Jan 27, 2008 Pantea rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One of the better books I've read in a long time. Always so interesting for me to read about other people's experience during the Iran Revolution. I was too young to remember much but it definitely had a major impact on my life and those of my family/family friends, etc. This woman's experience was so moving. So hard to believe she experienced all that she did and at such a young age - she was only 16 when they arrested her. I had read other reviews of this book that criticized her memory of exa...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Nazila Khalkhali rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book some years ago (2006). The author was student at the same school I was. The way she wrote her story I found it unreal. It's just a part of it real. I lost some of my friends. Some of them were executed, and some of them were imprisoned for some years. I'm familiar with that atmosphere. However, the way she narrates it seems that she changes it for North American audience, and it becomes like a Hollywoodian movie with a happy ending. At the end of the day, she came to Canada and...more

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Mar 30, 2008 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone

Recommended to Amy by: Suzy

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This book was amazing, I highly recommend it to everyone! It is about an Iranian girl that was taken political prisoner (at the age of 16) in Iran during the early 1980's. Her crime? Asking her calculus teacher to teach calculus rather than talking about political issues. The teacher refused and told Marina to leave class if she didn't like it, she left and so did the rest of the class. Even though the subject matter is heavy, the book is written in a very readable way. I read this book yesterda...more

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May 07, 2009 S rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had not heard of this book before I added it on my list of books to read by Iranian authors and the only reason I wanted to read it was that I had read an autiobiography of anybody that was a political prisoner of the Islamic Republic and particularly, had spent time in Evin prison.
Evin prison was built by the Shah and during his reign, when I was a child is when I was introduced to the word prison and though my parents never talked about the torture and horrible things that went on behind it...more I had not heard of this book before I added it on my list of books to read by Iranian authors and the only reason I wanted to read it was that I had read an autiobiography of anybody that was a political prisoner of the Islamic Republic and particularly, had spent time in Evin prison.
Evin prison was built by the Shah and during his reign, when I was a child is when I was introduced to the word prison and though my parents never talked about the torture and horrible things that went on behind its walls, whenever Evin prison was mentioned, it seemed to always be in hushed voices because it was too horrible of a place to talk to about where all kinds of evil acts were committed.....Well, after reading this book, I am even more fearful of Evin Prison.

The author was a bit older than me when the Islamic Revolution took place (most of story written in a voice of a 13 yr old) but unlike me, she was not sheltered from what was going on around her. She was an only child of Russian descendant, Christian parents that really did not talk to her much about anything and she came and went freely and they had no idea she was getting involved in politics in a time where if you were on what was deemed the wrong side (against the Revolution), you would be jailed, tortured and/or killed.

The author got involved in demonstrations against the new Islamic State and spent a little over 2 yrs behind Evin where she was horribly tortured and was (stop reading if you plan on reading the book since I am going to give a lot away) blindfolded, put in front of a firing squad to die and granted clemency just seconds before the firing squad starting firing by a man named Ali who was an interrogator who had seen her, unbeknownst to her, fallen in love with her and had miraculously gotten her a pardon from Ayatollah Khomeini (the architect of the Revolution) himself. She then is forced into marrying Ali and forging a new life with him. You learn about the friendship she makes with other female prisoners, about how violent and scary the times were in Iran and in some ways continue to be.

This woman's experience is extremely tragic and she suffered so much so young but she was extremely lucky to live to tell the tale. She had never aspired to be a writer but what compelled her to finally talk about her experience (she never talked about what she went through) is when a Canadian journalist was captured in Iran, brutally tortured, raped and finally killed and she felt like she had been silent for long enough and in the comfort of her new life in Canada, she wanted to speak out for the political prisoners of Iran and from all other countries and tell their story.

The only reason I give this only two stars is that Marina would leave any reader totally terrified of all things Iranian. She does not attempt, in even one sentence, to say that though the currnet Iranian government might have some shady practices, the Iranian people are good adn the country is good and beautiful and we have this incredibly deep and rich history etc. She is clear on what her goal is which is to educate people on the plight of political prisoners but in doing so, she will definitely put off any person in ever visiting Iran.

Maybe my interpretation of this book is a bit skewed and I will admit that since I indeed am an Iranian/American who grew up in Iran during the Shah's regime and lived through the Islamic Revolution but I have dealt with so much ignorance in my years in American regarding Americans and the way they view Iranians and their culture and particularly about Iranian politics, it just seems that a book that focuses purely on the evils of the Islamic Republic, just feeds into all the negative ideas the Western world already has about Iran.(less)

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Jun 18, 2012 Alineh rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this book by coincidence at the bookstore & the only reason that it got my attention & made me buy it was the fact that it was written by a persian writer & its name included Tehran "as i have an iranian nationality & i love iran though am originally a proud armenian" .. I can say that am so glad i got it as it turned out to be one of the very best books that i've ever read! It's avery sad & painful story but every sentence makes you want to read the next one & se...more

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Jul 05, 2007 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book, couldn't put it down! "Prisoner of Tehran" is a moving memoir about a Christian girl in Iran during the Islamic revolution. She is arrested for 'anti-government' activities (such heinous crimes as walking out of her calculus class because the teacher would only talk about politics, not calculus). She is sentenced to death but is saved by a prison guard who then forces her to convert to Islam and marry him. The book describes her stay in prison and her forced marriage while als...more

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Nov 17, 2009 Nina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Die junge Marina lebt im Iran unter der Herrschaft der Mullahs. Sie rebelliert gegen die allgegenwärtige Unterdrückung, wohl wissend, dass sie sich damit in Lebensgefahr begibt: Die 16-Jährige wird verhaftet, gefoltert und schließlich zum Tode verurteilt. Auch ihre Freunde und Angehörigen sind nun in größter Gefahr...

Das Buch ist unglaublich. Es geht einem schon sehr unter die Haut. Marina musste echt viel durchmachen, hat aber einen bemerkenswerten Mut und verliert die Hoffnung nicht. In einem...more

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May 15, 2008 Marguerite rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: adults who like real-life drama

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Jun 14, 2012 Alison Strachan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am probably about to make a lot of enemies with this review, but...here goes...

Also, SPOILER ALERT...I am going to give away some of the plot here.

I did not care for the main character and felt she was a bit of a whiner. Okay, fair enough she lost her freedom, was forced into a marriage she did not want, lived in a country under war, was penalized for her religious and political beliefs and was sexually assaulted, but I felt she could've made better decisions most of the time.

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Feb 16, 2012 Jeanne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: canada-reads, canadian, nonfiction

Marina Nemat was imprisoned for two years in Iran, during the time of Khomeini. In 1982, when she was 16, she was arrested for speaking out against government propaganda in her highschool. She was taken to Evin prison, tortured, and sentenced to death. Just before the scheduled execution, she was saved by Ali, one of her interrogators, who had her sentence reduced to life in prison. In return, in the face of threats to her family, Marina was forced to convert to Islam and marry Ali. Her story is...more

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Jan 29, 2012 the review man rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I wanted to like Prisoner of Tehran. I really did. I have an interest in Iranian culture (particularly Persian film, the Iranian New Wave, Abbas Kiarostami and the new generation of directors like Asghar Farhadi) and I'm interested in visiting Tehran someday—perhaps even living in the Middle East if the political climate simmers down a bit. In short, I was prepared to like the novel, but I'm not sure if it really gave me that opportunity.

The plot is good as far as these types of stories go. Ther...more

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Andrea Maenza I am in the middle of this book, and I'm a little disappointed in the level of writing too. I find it a bit juvenile and simplistic (it feels like she...more
Mar 06, 2012 01:25pm

the review man Yep, I goofed when I called it a novel. I'm going to correct that right away. Thanks.

Yes, the book was definitely written in English. My review's a li...more
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Feb 21, 2011 Anna McMaster rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: ANYONE

This was an amazing book to read, it is so well written and the feeling you get from the book makes you know how lucky you are. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. This is a brilliant book!

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Aug 16, 2010 Carrie Rundhaug rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In the Amsterdam airport I headed into one of the many bookstores to look at magazines however I didn’t have much time so I was kind of rushing thru the store however while I was walking by a table with English books on it I noticed this book right away. I picked it up and read the back cover and was instantly drawn to this book. Knowing I would have plenty of time to read it between the flights and my layovers. Once I got to my gate and was able to sit down I instantly started reading it. The b...more In the Amsterdam airport I headed into one of the many bookstores to look at magazines however I didn’t have much time so I was kind of rushing thru the store however while I was walking by a table with English books on it I noticed this book right away. I picked it up and read the back cover and was instantly drawn to this book. Knowing I would have plenty of time to read it between the flights and my layovers. Once I got to my gate and was able to sit down I instantly started reading it. The book captured my attention right away and it was hard to put it down.

Heart wrenching, captivating, exhilarating, tragic, and beautiful is a few that come to mind. Marina Nemat invites you into her past, with all those words meshing together to make every scene that she describes. Her emotions start pouring out, like an open diary, more and more so as you flip every page. But first, she begins to tell you of the day, the 16 year old her, got arrested and put into Evin Prison for simply having friends that stood up for what they believed in, that was against what others believed in.

She is eventually forced into marriage by one of the guards who have fallen in love with her. Although she is not happy about her marriage to Ali she learns to love his family. Towards the end of the book Ali, Marina’s Muslim husband, is assassinated by those he called friends and coworkers. His dying wish is that is father takes Marina back to her family.

This work was not the first writing that was published by Marina but it was the first book. At her high school Marina published several articles that discussed her views on the government. However, what is different with this book is that she tells her story in an engrossing and eloquent manner. I could not put this book done.

Marina does a great justice to every character is the book by showing that reality is not as simple as black and white. She shows the humanity and kindness of the guard who forced her to marry him.

Reading the memoirs of Marina Nemat has made me appreciate where I was born and raised. Sometimes we all take for granted what we have and it takes a reality check to bring us back to normalcy.
One quote we all need to remember is the following: “Ali, do you see what violence does to people? You kill them, and they kill you. When is it going to end, only after everybody is dead?”
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Jul 24, 2010 Lynnette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't normally read a lot of autobiographies, but I picked this up because the description on the jacket just sounded so interesting. This is the story of Marina, who, as a teenage girl in Iran was arrested and imprisoned without just cause, suffering torture and facing death. She is saved from the firing squad by one of the prison guards who has taken an interest in her. She is forced to marry him to save her life. It is ironically his family that in the end is able to restore her to her form...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Faye rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't have much time to read for pleasure these days, or to read anything other than homeschooling and "how-to" type books. Still, when a friend pressed this book into my hands and insisted I read it, I somehow managed to make the time (read: lay around all day and do nothing but read). That's how compelling the book was -- I couldn't put it down.

This is the true story of a woman who, at 16 yrs. old, became a political prisoner in Iran's most notorious prison during the time of the Islamic Cul...more

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Mar 20, 2010 Khaya rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Khaya by: La Petite Américaine

Shelves: intense-sad-dark-or-bleak, islamicwomen, memoirs, thank-god-i-wasn-t-born-there, inspiring-story-uninspired-book

"Prisoner of Tehran" is a gripping story, and one of the unusual memoirs that actually deserves to be published and read -- if we can believe the story, that is.

Marina Nehmat writes about her childhood growing up in Iran, and her arrest and imprisonment for anti-government activities (sadly minor by our standards) in the infamous Evin prison. Her life up until that point seemed pretty believable, and comparable to other memoirs I've read about Iranian life once the Ayatollah took over. The stor...more "Prisoner of Tehran" is a gripping story, and one of the unusual memoirs that actually deserves to be published and read -- if we can believe the story, that is.

Marina Nehmat writes about her childhood growing up in Iran, and her arrest and imprisonment for anti-government activities (sadly minor by our standards) in the infamous Evin prison. Her life up until that point seemed pretty believable, and comparable to other memoirs I've read about Iranian life once the Ayatollah took over. The story became a bit fantastic, though, when she wrote about a prison guard falling in love with her, rescuing her from a firing squad minutes before her scheduled execution, and forcing her to marry him and receive his protection. I guess James Frey stole my innocence, because I just had to go to good old Wikipedia at that point to see whether I should be believing this.

And sure enough, Wikipedia came through. Apparently Monireh Baradaran, a fellow Evin inmate, wrote a letter together with some other former Evin inmates protesting the publication of "Prisoner of Tehran" (http://www.utoronto.ca/prisonmemoirs/...) stating among other things that the execution scene was impossible and that Marina's descriptions of prison life did not match the reality. In an amazon review of "Prisoner of Tehran" (http://www.amazon.com/review/RKVRYKYN...), Monireh challenges the book on a variety of levels. Although I thought that some of her arguments seemed a bit personal and petty (she claims that Marina inflates her prescience and precociousness as a child, which is arguably true of most memoirists and plays a very trivial role in the book), her other contentions appear more factual and difficult to dispute (why would the Ayatollah permit Marina's release when sons of his close friends and relatives went unpardoned?).

On the other hand, other former inmates of Evin and other Iranian prisons have written letters in support of Marina and her book (these sites, unfortunately for me, were in Farsi). So I guess we'll never know. Monireh accuses Marina of having an agenda, but she appears to have one of her own and we'll never know who's right.

Three stars, then. The story is gripping, if you can believe it. I found the writing is so-so, but certainly forgivable for a memoir. In any case, it was a quick read that held my interest and a memoir that wasn't all about some privileged person's narcissistic whining but actually had something to say. (less)

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Mar 06, 2012 Sara Sg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: canadian, politics, memoir, iran

I was born ten years after the revolution in Iran. I always thought of everything that happened during the revolution and the period shortly after it as history. This book made it all so real for me. Marina's detailed description of the events accompanied by her up-close account of her tragic life story made me feel like I, myself, have been through all of that. She changed my opinion about the overall impact of the revolution on the country. I also really enjoyed her prose and her almost object...more I was born ten years after the revolution in Iran. I always thought of everything that happened during the revolution and the period shortly after it as history. This book made it all so real for me. Marina's detailed description of the events accompanied by her up-close account of her tragic life story made me feel like I, myself, have been through all of that. She changed my opinion about the overall impact of the revolution on the country. I also really enjoyed her prose and her almost objective narrative: she didn't succumb to taking sides, or spreading hatred about one side or the other. Unlike any other portrait that I had read/seen painted of Iran in biography books, be it with a positive or negative undertone about the country, this one did not try to paint everything with the same brush. I thought it represented life in Iran, -as she had experienced it-, in all its complexity and delicacy, without shying away from its ugly sides or falsely glorifying its rather beautiful and exotic sides. My experience from Iran was from a different era and family background, specially given that she was a Russian descent Christian minority. But her book felt strangely closer to my heart than any other one of such type of books I had read before. Her honesty was remarkably the reason for this. I believe she is the kind of voice that needs to be heard from Iran, and the kind of picture that needs to be painted of it. In full scale and with a great deal of love, honesty and confidence.
The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five was that so many times I was bored with the unnecessary explanations. Many of the details seemed to have been there for the mere reason that they were part of her life and she wanted to talk about them, but as a reader I often got bored at her unnecessary descriptions. Specially a lot of the basic explanations of Iran were boring for me, but I can't blame her for that, cause the majority of her audience are perhaps not very experience with this subject matter.(less)

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Jul 18, 2010 Eric Wright rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone interested in Iran, Muslims

Recommended to Eric by: Globe book review

The compelling story of Marina, arrested at 16 on false charges and tortured. She alternates between describing her childhood, growing years, life under the Shah, the revolution, etc. with the terrible events of her arrest, torture and confinement in Evin prison. We see through her eyes the condtions under which women who were routinely arrested lived, the terror they faced, the executions, the cruelty of the guards. She was condemned to die but saved by one of prison officials who fell in love...more

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Mar 17, 2012 Ape rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I do seem to have a thing for reading memoirs of women from the Middle East. To the point where they all become a much of a muchness, and this isn't the best I've read. Which feels like a bit of a harsh thing to say in a way, because this isn't fiction - this is someone's experiences of a particularly turbulant time. Written down so that it shouldn't be forgotten.

Marina Nemat is interesting though in the fact that she isn't a Muslim. She was a Christian girl living in Tehran, with Iranian and Ru...more

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Apr 29, 2010 Valarie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: biography-memoir, in-translation, middle-east

This was a very interesting book, with a beautiful and inspiring story. The writing itself was bland and often contrived, but I can forgive that because the author is writing in her third or fourth language. However, the story was almost too perfect. The villain finds redemption right before he dies, the heroine is reunited with her prince charming, and everybody lives happily ever after. It is difficult to believe that, in circumstances where so many others died, Nemat openly flouted the govern...more

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May 02, 2010 Alex rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, 50-in-2010, favorites

Prisoner of Tehran is the memoir of a girl (Marina Nemat) growing up in Iran during the revolutionary years of the late 70s and early to mid 80s. The heart-wrenching tale follows her through her arrest at age 16 for speaking out against the Islamic government, and her subsequent torture, escape from execution, sentence of life imprisonment, and forced marriage to one of her interrogators, all set against the backdrop of the notorious Evin political prison.

Before the revolution, Marina was a reg...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Jeanette rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Although this book was the first book voted off Canada Reads this year, I hope everyone will read it anyway. Marina Nemat's memoir documents her experiences in Iran after Iranian Revolution which established a Moslem government. She endured torture, imprisonment, humiliation,experiencing the execution of friend, being rescued at the last minute from her own execution and a forced marriage to her rescuer in the two years she spent in the notorious Evin prison. She was sixteen at the time she was...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Dianna Kearney rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is an interesting story made very boring by an unskilled writer. If it is her challenge with the English language that makes the narrative dry and void of life then it is forgivable and understandable, but I really think that Nemat is trying to remain too unemotional as she tells her story. She seems to present her "facts" with little response to the terror going on around her. Maybe that is a sign of a true memoir, but I think other writers (like Jeannette Walls of Glass Castle) are able t...more

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Sep 12, 2007 LeGrand rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: teenagers or adults interested in iranian history

Shelves: biographies, iran, nonfiction

I had read a few books/memoirs about what it was like to live during the iranian revolution and this book was different from all of them. the author went to a prison for teens for things that she had done.. or rather for nothing at all.. her journey was one that i had never heard of before and from what she shared in her book.. not commonly discussed.. while i had a bit of trouble getting into this book.. i ended up loving it..

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May 08, 2008 Behzad rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

sorry Marina :
but i Couldn`t find lower rate to give it to your book .
your book is all about your private life with your investigator at Evin prison ,i`ve been in Evin when i was just 2 years old up to 4 with my mother...
and i can`t believe your whole story because tens of thousand prisoners die in evin prison and you are the one that proudly worked and felt in love with your investigator !!!!
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Oct 04, 2009 Janice rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: the-syndicate, memoirs, read-in-2009-2010

This book is an excellent read. I wouldn't say that I "loved" the book because it was so disturbing in its content. I think it's an important book in that it draws attention to the atrocities inflicted on people - children even. Marina Nehmat was but a teenager at the time of her arrest and torture in Evan prison in Iran.

There were some elements that I found to be fantastical - the guard falling in love with her, basically love at first sight, and saving her from execution at the last moment. I...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Brittany rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A few words that describe this book...sad, courageous, conflicted, enduring. It has been a long time since I picked up a real book. What I mean by that is somthing that really happened and isn't a novel. I'm glad I did! This womans story is definatly worth reading. Through her experiences I was reminded how fragile life is and how each day is a blessing that needs to be recognised as such. To have made it through these things alive is hard to believe but she seems to have made it through with he...more

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Jun 21, 2010 Tracey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was fascinating and heartbreaking. I kept needing to remind myself that everything in here actually happened - it wasn't fiction.

I'll be the first to admit I don't follow Middle Eastern relations and current affairs as much as perhaps I should. Reading this book really brought to life some of the things I've heard about, the wars I've seen on television.

Marina Nemat shares how she and her family go from living a peaceful, middle-class life in Tehran, Iran to the day she is arrested as...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Randy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Cruelty comes in many forms, and hardship never seems to be far away for Marina. Growing up in Iran as the regime of the Shah falls, and a time of great restrictions and persecution comes with the fundamentalist Muslim government of the Ayatollah Khomeini, Marina experiences loss and suffering. When she speaks out against the government, it is only a matter of waiting for her arrest. When it happens the nightmare really begins as she suffers through torture, and a death sentence only to be reduc...more

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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 C...more

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