The Golden Cage (book)
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Author | Shirin Ebadi |
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Language | Persian |
Genre | memoirs |
Publisher | Kales Press |
Publication date | 2011 |
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Pages | 256 |
ISBN | 978-0-9798456-4-2 |
The Golden Cage: Three brothers, Three choices, One destiny is a book by Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]The book tells the story of three brothers whose lives were heavily influenced by Iranian history: the oldest, Abbas, was a soldier under the Shah; the second, Javad, was a communist activist; the younger, Ali, supported Khomeini's Islamic revolution.[3] All of their lives will be influenced by the worst chapters of Iranian history in the 20th century, including the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, and the executions of political opponents.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny by Shirin Ebadi". Publishers Weekly. n.d. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Blow, David (11 May 2012). "After Evin". TLS. Times Literary Supplement (5693): 28–28.
- ^ Lucy Popescu (14 July 2011). "The Golden Cage, By Shirin Ebadi". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.