Aria Minu-Sepehr
Auteur de We Heard the Heavens Then: A Memoir of Iran
Œuvres de Aria Minu-Sepehr
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 24
- Popularité
- #522,742
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
"We Heard the Heavens Then" is Aria Minu-Sepehr's memoir of his brief childhood in Iran. The book covers moments in his life up until he is ten. The book is extremely well-written with vignettes and anecdotes interspersed throughout moments of crisis.
In many ways, this book is an homage to the author's father, a larger than life general in the Iranian air force before the revolution. As such, Minu-Sepehr lives a sheltered life on a remote base. He is aware of and uncomfortable with the privilege he is given by guards, servants, his extended family, and his father, who encourages the child's experimentation with the world as his playground. Looking back on this time, the author offers wonderful insights into his relationship with class. He knows that it isn't fair for him to drive a dune buggy at age ten while other children sell vegetables on the street. The author is only vaguely aware of the revolution's trembling outside the base until his family escapes to Tehran.
The writing is fluid and enjoyable, despite the occasional use of silly SAT vocabulary words - perhaps this is just a pet peeve of mine. The book is thoroughly readable and one of the most engaging books I have read in a long time. I recommend it.… (plus d'informations)