- Gebundene Ausgabe: 488 Seiten
- Verlag: Park Avenue Pub Inc (30. Juli 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0975968300
- ISBN-13: 978-0975968307
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,1 x 15,2 x 4,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.050.767 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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18 von 20 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
A Must Read
27. Januar 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book is an amazing account of an Iranian woman who learned the value of civilized society the hard way. To her it was not some college exercise in philosophy, it was life or death. I cannot stress enough what a unique perspective this book brings. Although raised as a devout Muslim, she reasoned, on her own at a young age, the difference between the "True Message" of God, and religious manipulation.
Although at first the book may sound like a long series of complaints, it makes some extremely serious points. I read it cover to cover and then had to take a couple of days to think about it. If she were talking about our society, we might consider her a chronic complainer. We would, as a caveat, automatically make the assumption our system itself was correct. Instead I consider her one of the first to see the overall problem and expose it for what it is, a barbaric culture which has failed to develop into a modern cooperative society.
After all this author has been through in her life most people would be completely devastated and unable to function. She, on the other hand, still believes in a civilized world and wishes to do all she can to promote peace.
This is a book that screams for women's rights, and helps you understand why they are an absolutely essential part of any civilized society. I have puzzled for years over why fanatic behavior exists and is tolerated. This book shows first hand a direct connection between how women are treated and how their lack of a voice in family dynamics cause high numbers of insecure children. The insecure grow up to be selfish and self centered, totally lacking a self generated moral compass. Out of these insecure children grow the suicide bombers of tomorrow, who, unlike this author, do not understand that there is no reward in heaven for being manipulated in the name of religion.
Although at first the book may sound like a long series of complaints, it makes some extremely serious points. I read it cover to cover and then had to take a couple of days to think about it. If she were talking about our society, we might consider her a chronic complainer. We would, as a caveat, automatically make the assumption our system itself was correct. Instead I consider her one of the first to see the overall problem and expose it for what it is, a barbaric culture which has failed to develop into a modern cooperative society.
After all this author has been through in her life most people would be completely devastated and unable to function. She, on the other hand, still believes in a civilized world and wishes to do all she can to promote peace.
This is a book that screams for women's rights, and helps you understand why they are an absolutely essential part of any civilized society. I have puzzled for years over why fanatic behavior exists and is tolerated. This book shows first hand a direct connection between how women are treated and how their lack of a voice in family dynamics cause high numbers of insecure children. The insecure grow up to be selfish and self centered, totally lacking a self generated moral compass. Out of these insecure children grow the suicide bombers of tomorrow, who, unlike this author, do not understand that there is no reward in heaven for being manipulated in the name of religion.
15 von 17 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Omid's book is one the best books I have recently read ......
10. Oktober 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A frightening memoir of growing up under Iran's male-dominated oppressors, confirming
that the mad ayatollahs have, in 27 years, wrecked a once-vibrant nation and
destroyed its culture.
Omid's Iran is a dysfunctional society in a "coma of ignorance," led by "mindless fanatics."
Males are obsessed with money and hymens. Women, if they aren't victims, have sold
out and joined the Pasdar spies who hound female violators of the ayatollahs' decrees.
Throughout, Omid displays numerous perceptive, valuable observations: Ayatollah
Khomeini's command of Farsi was so weak he could barely be understood; his mullahs took
the Shah's palaces after the overthrow, then cornered the black market for food to become
"even richer" than the Shah; 70 percent of Iran's villages have been destroyed or abandoned
under the mullahs. She also harbors no illusions about Iran's wickedness: "If Iran becomes a nuclear power," she warns, "the world should start digging,
either their shelters or their graves..." What is most riveting, however, is her striking journal of personal pain within her abusive family-her brother
forced her into persistent incest, her wealthy father humiliated her and abandoned the family to destitution and she was forced to battle her way out of
one arranged engagement after another. Little wonder she has emerged on the far side, in Vancouver, as a brittle manic-depressive finding it difficult to
outrun her past. Omid wrote most of Living in Hell in a single month while under a therapist's care, imbuing the work with a powerful sense of urgency.
Passionate and commanding.
Omid, Ghazal
LIVING IN HELL: A True Odyssey
of a Woman's Struggle in Islamic Iran
Against Personal and Political Forces
Park Avenue Publishers (488 pp.)
$26.95
July 30, 2005
ISBN: 0-9759683-0-0
-Kirkus Discoveries
Kirkus Discoveries, VNU US Literary Group, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 646-654-4602 fax 646-654-4706
discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
that the mad ayatollahs have, in 27 years, wrecked a once-vibrant nation and
destroyed its culture.
Omid's Iran is a dysfunctional society in a "coma of ignorance," led by "mindless fanatics."
Males are obsessed with money and hymens. Women, if they aren't victims, have sold
out and joined the Pasdar spies who hound female violators of the ayatollahs' decrees.
Throughout, Omid displays numerous perceptive, valuable observations: Ayatollah
Khomeini's command of Farsi was so weak he could barely be understood; his mullahs took
the Shah's palaces after the overthrow, then cornered the black market for food to become
"even richer" than the Shah; 70 percent of Iran's villages have been destroyed or abandoned
under the mullahs. She also harbors no illusions about Iran's wickedness: "If Iran becomes a nuclear power," she warns, "the world should start digging,
either their shelters or their graves..." What is most riveting, however, is her striking journal of personal pain within her abusive family-her brother
forced her into persistent incest, her wealthy father humiliated her and abandoned the family to destitution and she was forced to battle her way out of
one arranged engagement after another. Little wonder she has emerged on the far side, in Vancouver, as a brittle manic-depressive finding it difficult to
outrun her past. Omid wrote most of Living in Hell in a single month while under a therapist's care, imbuing the work with a powerful sense of urgency.
Passionate and commanding.
Omid, Ghazal
LIVING IN HELL: A True Odyssey
of a Woman's Struggle in Islamic Iran
Against Personal and Political Forces
Park Avenue Publishers (488 pp.)
$26.95
July 30, 2005
ISBN: 0-9759683-0-0
-Kirkus Discoveries
Kirkus Discoveries, VNU US Literary Group, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 646-654-4602 fax 646-654-4706
discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
13 von 15 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
A book difficult to put down!
11. Oktober 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Seldom do I read a book that I have a hard time putting down. This is one of those books. Ms. Omid's story from her childhood in Iran to her struggles in her adopted country of Canada is the story of a life that most of us can not even imagine. Still, through all of her problems, Ms. Omid stands out as a woman who has the courage of her convictions to carry her through adversity to the place where she is today! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the status of women in the middle east and to those who simply wish to read a story about how inner strength can lift any of us out of intolerable situations.
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