My Life as a Traitor

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My Life as a Traitor
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My Life as a Traitor is a 2007 biography and memoir, written by Zarah Ghahramani and Robert Hillman.[1] The book documents the life of Ghahramani, including her early childhood. In 2001, Ghahramani was arrested for citing crimes against the Islamic Republic of Iran and sent to serve a sentence in Evin Prison;[1] this is one of the main focuses throughout the book, as well as the prison conditions and analysing the modern-world Middle East.[2] The book was first published on December 26, 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[2][3] The book won the award for Australian Small Publisher of the Year for 2006.[4]

The University of Tehran, where Ghahramani took part in protests

Plot

The biography focuses on analysing the life of the author, Zarah Ghahramani and her imprisonment in the infamous Evin Prison. After taking part in student demonstrations at Tehran University,[5] Ghahramani was taken, by police, from the streets of Tehran and put into this prison, where she was tortured and beaten.[3] When in prison, she was subject to not only beatings, but psychological torture, only retaining her sanity via scratching messages to fellow prisoners.[1] She is kept in the prison for almost one month, and is released after being driven to a distant desert outside of Tehran, where, at the time, she was unsure of her fate and whether or not she would be executed or released.[1]

Reception

Lisa Schwarzbaum of

Sunday Telegraph wrote that the book is "Beautifully written, it's horrifying, enlightening and, ultimately, uplifting."[8] The book was shortlisted for the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
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References
  1. ^ a b c d "My Life as a Traitor". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  2. ^
    Google Book Search
    . Retrieved 17 January 2008. My Life as a Traitor.
  3. ^ a b "My Life as a Traitor". Powell's Books. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Extract from My Life as a Traitor" (PDF). Scribe Publications. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Book Review: My Life as a Traitor". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  6. ^ "My Life as a Traitor". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  7. Amazon.com
    . Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  8. ^ "My Life as a Traitor. Zarah Ghahramani & Robert Hillman". Scribe Publications. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
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