Journey from the land of no : a girlhood caught in revolutionary Iran / Roya Hakakian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʼyā.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥakkākiyān, Ruʼyā.

Iranian American women--Biography.

Iranian American women.

Authors, Persian.

Authors, Persian--Biography.

Political refugees--United States--Biography.

Political refugees.

United States.

Iran--History--Revolution, 1979.

Iran.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 245 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

Roya Hakakian was raised in a Jewish family in Tehran, daughter of an esteemed poet, in a household that hummed with intellectual life. As a young girl she dreamed of becoming a writer. But in February of 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeyni returned with an iron fist from a 15-year exile, everything changed. Within a year, a third of Iran's Jewish population was gone. Within five years, Hakakian's family, too, was contemplating political asylum. "Journey from the Land of No is a lyrical coming-of-age story that creates an intimate portrait of life in Tehran: Roya's family and friends, her life at school, her observations of Iran's political life, and her longing to escape a sense of displacement from her home, culture, and language. This story of one deeply intelligent and perceptive young girl's attempt to find an authentic voice of her own at a time of cultural repression presents a view of Iran that readers have not yet encountered.

Contents:

New York city, July 13, 1999

The little black fish

The baby blue BMW

Farah

On the rooftops

The big bang

Fresh air, singing doves, budding flowers, sashaying spring, and other postrevolutionary miracles

The dreamers

1984.

ISBN:

1400046114

OCLC:

53138872