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Lädt ... Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journeyvon Alison Wearing
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. First book by Alison wearing, memoir writer and programme leader. Not sure if this is memoir or travel book?? Samen met haar vriend Ian reist Alison Wearing een half jaar door Iran. Gekleed in de traditionele lange zwarte gewaden komt zij op plaatsen die gewoonlijk verborgen blijven voor het westerse oog. Ze ontmoet de meest uiteenlopende mensen: een achtjarig meisje dat volgend jaar gaat trouwen, een anglicaanse dominee, een jonge opiumhandelaar en talloze zwartgesluierde islamitische vrouwen, die een heel andere kijk op de wereld hebben dan Alison. Deze mensen laten haar Iran zien zoals maar weinig mensen het kennen: een uitzonderlijk land vol gastvrije en hartelijke mensen, waar moderne normen en waarden op vaak uiterst ingenieuze wijze samengaan met oude gebruiken. Zonder haar ogen te sluiten voor de armoede en de positie van de vrouwen, vertelt Alison Wearing met veel humor over haar belevenissen in dit bijzondere land Unfortunately, I don't remember enough specifics about this to write a good review. I remember bits and pieces, like her description of her hijab, and passing out because she got so hot in it. I also specifically remember thinking this author is a kook. (She describes getting lost in China because she was so absorbed in the book she was reading that she got on the wrong train. Who does that???) I liked the stories, but didn't care for the author. She seemed rather brash and a "typical American." For example, there was a scene where, while in a small market, she helps herself to items in a jar and starts sampling it. You just don't do that sort of thing in a foreign country, and anyone who's traveled even a little knows that. I was annoyed with her and happy to be done with the book. Full disclosure: I spent several years in pre-revolutionary Iran. Were this book to be read by every high-school student in the USA - American political agression may be radically changed. A book to be read every few years - it contains such tenderness, insight, humour. A whole new world opens up to us vis-a-vis the humanity of the ordinary Iranians in the face of the multitudes of restrictions in their lives. Reading this book always helps to cleanse the tawdry hopelessness & toxicity of the Bush era. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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With a love of travel, Alison Wearing invites us to journey with her to Iran--a country that few Westerners have a chance to see. Traveling with a male friend, in the guise of a couple on their honeymoon, Wearing set out on her own at every available opportunity. She went looking for what lay beneath the media's representation of Iran and found a country made up of welcoming, curious, warmhearted, ambitious men and women. With humor and compassion, Wearing gives Iranians the chance to wander beyond headlines and stereotypes, and in doing so, reveals the poetry of their lives--those whose lives extend beyond Western news stories of kidnapping, terrorism, veiled women, and Islamic fundamentalism. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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