Saved by beauty [DAISY talking book] : adventures of an American romantic in Iran

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Title:

Author:

Housden, Roger.

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Toronto : CNIB, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 computer laser optical disc (10 hrs., 59 min.) : sd. ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9780616716144

Abstract:

Housden traveled to Iran to meet with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition of humanism, the belief in scholarship and artistry that began with the reign of Cyrus the Great. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz, Housden met Iranians who were welcoming and intellectually curious. He was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life. 2011.

General Note:

Digital audiobook in DAISY format

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Performers:

Bruce McLeod.

Contents:

Writing Iran -- Leaving the known -- Paradise and poetry -- Talking stones -- Return to the source -- The blue dome -- Drink the wine -- More than one veil -- Christmas in Tehran -- One imam and three dead poets -- The sorrow in Shiraz -- Razor's edge -- Politics as usual -- In Mesopotamia -- Return to beauty -- Interrogation, with room service.

Technical Details:

DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.

Personal Subject:

Housden, Roger-Travel-Iran.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Hạ̄fiz, ̣ active 14th century-Fiction.

Subject Term:

Americans -- Travel -- Iran.

Geographic Term:

Iran -- Description and travel.

Iran -- Social life and customs.

Iran -- Intellectual life.