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When Roger Housden decided to travel to Iran and finally see the subject of his youthful fascination, he was in his sixties. By then, he thought he had seen the world. He was wrong.
It was a quest that changed him forever. In Iran, Housden met with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition of humanism, and shared with him their belief in scholarship and artistry. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz to the spectacular mosques and ancient palaces of Isfahan, Housden met Iranians who were warm, welcoming, generous, intellectually curious, and altogether alive with their love for one another, and for the faith and tradition that holds them together.
Saved by Beauty weaves a richly textured story of many threads. It is a deeply poetic and perceptive appreciation of a culture that has endured for over three thousand years, while it also portrays the creative and spiritual cultures within contemporary Iran. While there, Roger Housden was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life, and was forever altered by it.
When Roger Housden decided to travel to Iran and finally see the subject of his youthful fascination, he was in his sixties. By then, he thought he had seen the world. He was wrong.
It was a quest that changed him forever. In Iran, Housden met with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition of humanism, and shared with him their belief in scholarship and artistry. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz to the spectacular mosques and ancient palaces of Isfahan, Housden met Iranians who were warm, welcoming, generous, intellectually curious, and altogether alive with their love for one another, and for the faith and tradition that holds them together.
Saved by Beauty weaves a richly textured story of many threads. It is a deeply poetic and perceptive appreciation of a culture that has endured for over three thousand years, while it also portrays the creative and spiritual cultures within contemporary Iran. While there, Roger Housden was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life, and was forever altered by it.
CHAPTER 1 Writing Iran
CHAPTER 2 Leaving the Known
CHAPTER 3 Paradise and Poetry
CHAPTER 4 Talking Stones
CHAPTER 5 Return to the Source
CHAPTER 6 The Blue Dome
CHAPTER 7 Drink the Wine
CHAPTER 8 More Than One Veil
CHAPTER 9 Christmas in Tehran
CHAPTER 10 One Imam and Three Wise Men
CHAPTER 11 The Sorrow in Shiraz
CHAPTER 12 Razor’s Edge
CHAPTER 13 Politics as Usual
CHAPTER 14 In Mesopotamia
CHAPTER 15 Return to Beauty
CHAPTER 16 Interrogation, with Room Service
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Produktart: | Reiseführer |
| Region: | Naher Osten |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780307587749 |
| ISBN-10: | 0307587746 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Housden, Roger |
| Hersteller: | The Crown Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 203 x 132 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Roger Housden |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.11.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,341 kg |
CHAPTER 1 Writing Iran
CHAPTER 2 Leaving the Known
CHAPTER 3 Paradise and Poetry
CHAPTER 4 Talking Stones
CHAPTER 5 Return to the Source
CHAPTER 6 The Blue Dome
CHAPTER 7 Drink the Wine
CHAPTER 8 More Than One Veil
CHAPTER 9 Christmas in Tehran
CHAPTER 10 One Imam and Three Wise Men
CHAPTER 11 The Sorrow in Shiraz
CHAPTER 12 Razor’s Edge
CHAPTER 13 Politics as Usual
CHAPTER 14 In Mesopotamia
CHAPTER 15 Return to Beauty
CHAPTER 16 Interrogation, with Room Service
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Produktart: | Reiseführer |
| Region: | Naher Osten |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780307587749 |
| ISBN-10: | 0307587746 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Housden, Roger |
| Hersteller: | The Crown Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 203 x 132 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Roger Housden |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.11.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,341 kg |
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