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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It's amazing how a travelogue worth a series of blog posts at most was published as a separate book. This is definitely the case of 'I could pen it myself'. I will leave aside book's relative pluses and minuses, but, Jesus, if you can find this side by side with the Therouxs, I'm happy that in my country there's still an unspoken understanding of what merits paper and what is better be consigned to a web-page. This was the third book into my still exhilarating exploration of travel writing. The author's matter-of-fact voice really allows you to experience virtually first hand the rare wonders of such a closed off country and the warm (or sometimes nefarious) personalities of the people he met. I'm inspired to take a similar trip after reading this one so I guess it did the trick ! An inside look at the country of Iran. The author tours throughout the country and is repeatedly exposed to the kindest and friendliest people he has ever met. He discusses the quirks and oddities of the country and all of the beautiful places to visit. Iran's government may suck and be evil but the people sound great. I wish he had included an epilogue with how the people he met were doing now. no reviews | add a review
Iran looms large in the psyche of modern America. For decades, it has been "the enemy," its government taunting us and attacking our Western, secular lifestyle. That is largely the Iranian government, however, not the Iranian people. Here's the proof. When Jamie Maslin decides to backpack the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in a country he's only read about in newspapers, he decides to make the best of it--but wonders whether he'll make it out alive. Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into a subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are more than happy to show him the true Iran as they see it--the one where unmarried men and women mingle in Western clothes at secret parties, where alcohol (the possession of which is punishable by hand-amputation) is readily available on the black market, where Christian churches are national heritage sites, and where he discovers the real meaning of friendship, nationality, and hospitality. This is a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerner's life-altering rambles across Iran that will leave you wondering what else you don't know about Iran and its people. No library descriptions found. |
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