MARINA NEMAT

Autobiografía novelada de Marina Nemat, una cristiana iraní encarcelada durante los primeros años del régimen de Jhomeini. Narra los conflictos de un país donde predominan el fanatismo islámico y la opresion de la mujer. Obligada a convertirse al Islam y a casarse en contra de su voluntad, lograra finalmente, tras superar una serie de obstaculos, huir a Canada con su marido.

À 16 ans, l'âge de l'insouciance, des découvertes et des premiers émois, Marina est arrêtée, torturée et condamnée à mort pour trahison politique. Emprisonnée dans la tristement célèbre prison d'Evin, en Iran, elle croit son destin scellé, mais, quelques minutes avant sa mise à mort, elle est sauvée par l'un de ses gardiens. Celui-ci a réussi à commuer sa peine en prison à vie. Son prix ? L'épouser et renoncer au catholicisme pour se convertir à la religion musulmane. Prise au piège, Marina n'a d'autre choix que d'accepter, renonçant ainsi à ses valeurs, à sa famille et à sa foi...

Marina Nemats bestselling Prisoner of Tehran chronicled her arrest, torture, and two-year imprisonment in the notorious Evin prison as a teenager in 1980s revolutionary Iran. In her new book, Nemat provides a riveting account of her escape from Iran and her journey to Canada, via Hungary, with her husband and infant son in 1991. Settling into a new life as immigrants, she and her husband find jobs, raise their two children, and seemingly adapt. But inwardly, Nemat is struggling. Haunted by survivors guilt, she feels compelled to speak out about what happened to her in prison. Her account becomes a bestselling book; and again her life is changed. A story of courage and recovery, After Tehran chronicles Nemats confrontation with her past, how she re-engages with her distant father, and how ultimately she emerges from the emotional ravages of posttraumatic stress.

A stirring, intimate work of historical fiction inspired by the life of Marinas paternal grandmother.Born into the glitz and glamour of upper-class Russian society at the turn of the twentieth century, Zina yearns for independence and a life she can call her own. When a class war breaks out and Russia falls to the Bolsheviks, she narrowly escapes with her husband and adopted daughter. But once they arrive in Tehran, tragedy strikes again, and she finds herself alone and impoverished.At a modest boarding house, Zina must start over. There she meets women from Russia and Iranoutsiders like her, seeking refuge. They grow close, supporting one another through childbirth, illness, poverty, political unrest, and a pandemic. Amid the turmoil, Zinas path crosses with the ambitious Reza Khan, the future shah of Iran. Their relationship becomes a welcome escape, enduring decades of hardship and sorrow before culminating in a heart-wrenching crescendo.Spanning her life in Russia and her years in Iran, Zinas story follows a woman who experiences profound loss and fights back to carve a meaningful life for herself. Sweeping, tender, and unforgettable, Mistress of the Persian Boarding House is a moving portrait of the enduring bonds forged between women who choose each other as family.

Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemats peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her Maths lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where interrogation and torture were part of the daily routine. Aged sixteen, she was sentenced to death. Her prison guard snatched her from the firing squad bullets but exacted a shocking price in return: marriage to him and conversion to Islam. Marina lived out her prison days as his secret bride, spending nights with him in a separate cell. Marina struggled to reconcile her hatred towards Ali and her feelings of physical repulsion with the fact that he had saved her life. When Ali was murdered by his enemies from Evin, and saved Marinas life for a second time, her feelings were complicated even further. At last she was able to return home, to her family and her past life, but silence surrounded her time as a political prisoner and the regime kept her under constant surveillance. Marinas world had been changed forever and she questions whether she will ever escape Iran and its regime or be free of her memories of Evin.