{"product_id":"kissing-the-sword-a-prison-memoir-9781558618169","title":"Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving account of life as a political prisoner in post-revolutionary Iran from the acclaimed Iranian author of \u003cem\u003eWomen Without Men\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShahrnush Parsipur was a successful writer and television producer in her native Iran until the Revolution of 1979. Soon after seizing control, the Islamist government began detaining its citizens--and Parsipur found herself incarcerated without charges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eKissing the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e captures the surreal experience of serving time as a political prisoner and witnessing the systematic elimination of opposition to fundamentalist power. It is a harrowing narrative filled with both horror and humor: nights blasted by machine gun fire as detainees are summarily executed, days spent debating prison officials on whether the Quran demands that women be covered. Parsipur, one of modern Iran's great literary voices, mines her painful life experiences to deliver an urgent call for the most basic of human rights: the freedom of expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Iran in 1946, \u003cb\u003eShahrnush Parsipur\u003c\/b\u003e began her career as a fiction writer and producer at Iranian National Television and Radio. She was imprisoned for nearly five years by the Islamist government without being formally charged. Shortly after her release, she published \u003ci\u003eWomen Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e and was arrested and jailed again, this time for her frank and defiant portrayal of women's sexuality. While still banned in Iran, the novel became an underground bestseller there, and has been translated into many languages around the world. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eTouba and the Meaning of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other books, and now lives in exile in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420113015058,"sku":"9781558618169","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7da27d7-521a-4f23-a785-b4adc550f1a5.jpg?v=1729490129","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kissing-the-sword-a-prison-memoir-9781558618169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}