{"product_id":"remembering-akbar-inside-the-iranian-revolution-9781944869038","title":"Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution","description":"Set in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the stories of a group of characters who share a crowded death row cell in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. A teeming world is evoked vividly through the relationships, memories, and inner lives of these political prisoners, many of whom were eventually executed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor is infused with a mordant sense of humor, the story takes the reader beyond mere political struggles and revelations, to a vibrant alternative history, written, as it were, by losers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters whose stories Akbar recounts are brought to life within the mundane rhythms of a bleak institution, in its simple pleasures as well as its frequent horrors, and in the unexpected connections that emerge between the world inside and a past before imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than exalting the heroic, or choosing to focus merely on despair or redemption, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e reveals eloquently how life unfolds when death is starkly imminent. It is a deeply moving story of great camaraderie, biting humor, and soulful remembrance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehrooz Ghamari\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Sociology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIslam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFoucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"OR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103894958354,"sku":"9781944869038","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a590cce6-5eed-4c2b-a7e2-79511de06d6d.jpg?v=1773160224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remembering-akbar-inside-the-iranian-revolution-9781944869038","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}