Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn
A Hitchhiker's Adventures in the New Iran
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2009
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60239-791-0 (ISBN)
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60239-791-0 (ISBN)
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This work presents a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerner's life-altering rambles across Iran and the secret counterculture world he discovers. 24 color illustrations.
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 itbut 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 itthe 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.
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 itbut 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 itthe 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.
Jamie Maslin is a writer and traveler. He has hitchhiked from England to Iran and couchsurfed all over Venezuela. He is the author of Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn and Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens. He lives in Australia.
| Verlagsort | New York, NY |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 494 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien | |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Naher Osten | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60239-791-0 / 1602397910 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60239-791-0 / 9781602397910 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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