The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780979845642)

For over fifty years the Shah Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran until Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 Islamic Revolution seized power and began its own reign of tyranny. The questions about the revolution shape The Golden Cage while the answers shed light on Islamic Iran's current events and tell us why it strives for nuclear energy, chants "Death to Israel," and claims to be the most powerful force in the Middle East and Muslim world.

History perhaps is best described through life stories we each can hold dearly. The Golden Cage is one such story about three brothers the author knew through their sister, Pari, a childhood friend. Each brother subscribes to a different political ideology that tears Iran and their lives apart. As Pari observes, her brothers live deluded lives in golden cages of ideology. These words mark the beginning of this story, illuminating the multifaceted, oppressive Iran of today and years past.

Author: Shirin Ebadi
ISBN-10: 0979845645
ISBN-13: 9780979845642
Publisher: Kales Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.86w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2011
Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 106