The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days by Sirous Houshmand (Paperback Book)

Name: The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days by Sirous Houshmand (Paperback Book)
Brand: McGill-Queen's University Press

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In the late 1980s Sirous Houshmand found himself in the confines of Tehran\u2019s notorious Evin Prison, a political prisoner facing a future where survival seemed unlikely. Thousands were killed in mass executions within the prison walls in 1988, including many of Houshmand\u2019s closest prison friends. These memories would shape his life for years to come.\nThe Darkest Night Brings Longer Days is Houshmand\u2019s eyewitness testimony of tumultuous times and of living in two dissimilar countries. Born in Iran, Houshmand grew up in the United States. Following graduate studies and partly driven by the political fervour of the 1960s \u2013 the war in Vietnam, the Kent State shootings, the drift towards a consumerist society and conformist pressures \u2013 he returned home. There he was a follower of the revolution,\n\nThe Darkest Night Brings Longer Days\nSurviving War and Iran's Evin Prison\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery usi;