LEADER 03947cam 2200541 i 4500001 ssj0001370755 003 WaSeSS 005 20190313051101.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 121219s2013 nyu s 000 0deng d 010 2012043902 020 9781558618169 (pbk.) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0001370755 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dDLC |dWaSeSS 041 1 eng |hper 042 pcc 049 EREENEHH 050 00 PK6561.P247 |bZ46 2013 082 00 891/.558303B |223 084 BIO022000POL035010SOC028000SOC030000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Pārsīʹpūr, Shahrnūsh. |=^A861222 240 10 Khāṭirāt-i zindān. |lEnglish |=^A861222 245 10 Kissing the sword |h[electronic resource] : |ba prison memoir / |cShahrnush Parsipur ; translated by Sara Khalili ; foreword by Robert Coover. 260 New York : |bFeminist Press at the City University of New York, |c2013. 300 207 pages ; |c23 cm 500 Originally published as: Khāṭirāt-i zindān. Spånga, Sweden : Baran, 1996. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "Shahrnush Parsipur was an important writer and television producer in her native Iran until 1979 when the Islamic Republic began imprisoning its citizens. Kissing the Sword captures the surreal experiences of serving time without being charged with a crime, and witnessing the systematic destruction of any and all opposition to fundamentalist power. It is a memoir filled with both horror and humor: nights blasted by the sounds of machine gun fire as hundreds of prisoners are summarily executed, and days spent debating prison officials on whether the Quran demands that women be covered. Parsipur, one of the great novelists of modern Iran, known for magic realism, tells a story here that is all too real. She mines her own painful memories to create an urgent call for one of the most basic of human rights: freedom of expression. Born in Iran in 1946, Shahrnush Parsipur began her career as a fiction writer and producer at Iranian National Television and Radio. She was imprisoned for nearly five years by the religious government without being formally charged. Shortly after her release, she published Women Without Men 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. Parsipur is also the author of Touba and the Meaning of Night, among many other books, and now lives in exile in northern California. "-- |cProvided by publisher. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 600 10 Pārsīʹpūr, Shahrnūsh. |=^A861222 650 0 Authors, Iranian |y20th century |vBiography. |=^A1288844 650 0 Political prisoners |zIran |vBiography. |=^A1288915 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. |2bisacsh 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights. |2bisacsh 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. |2bisacsh 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology. |2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 700 1 Khalili, Sara. |=^A1008815 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=3029373 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4377123