{"product_id":"remembering-akbar-inside-the-iranian-revolution-paperback","title":"Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBehrooz Ghamari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor is infused with a mordant sense of humor, the story takes the reader beyond mere political struggles and revelations, to a vibrant alternative history, written, as it were, by losers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters whose stories Akbar recounts are brought to life within the mundane rhythms of a bleak institution, in its simple pleasures as well as its frequent horrors, and in the unexpected connections that emerge between the world inside and a past before imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than exalting the heroic, or choosing to focus merely on despair or redemption, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e reveals eloquently how life unfolds when death is starkly imminent. It is a deeply moving story of great camaraderie, biting humor, and soulful remembrance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehrooz Ghamari\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Sociology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIslam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFoucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769817530656,"sku":"9781944869038","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c7ed232614800347f49238e91f0a14f3.webp?v=1780357547","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/remembering-akbar-inside-the-iranian-revolution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}