A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00IRFSYCG | Format: PDF
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran Description
Three young Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story.
In summer 2009 Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourdwere hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran's infamous Evin Prison, where they discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on each other were the only ways they could survive.
In this poignant memoir, "the hikers" finally tell their side of the story. They recount the deception that lured them into Iran in the first place and describe the psychological torment of interrogation and solitary confinement. We follow them as they make surprising alliances with their fellow prisoners and even some of their captors, while their own bonds with one another are tested and deepened. Told through a bold and innovative interweaving of the authors' three voices, here is a rare glimpse inside Iran and a timeless portrayal of hardship and hope.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 14 hours and 31 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Audible.com Release Date: March 18, 2014
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00IRFSYCG
"A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned In Iran" by Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal & Sarah Shourd (April 2014).
A story of three young (early 30s) American journalists (take your pick: correspondents, war correspondents, Middle East investigative news reporters, news stringers, etc.) while touring Kurdish-Iraq, take a taxi to an Iraqi city about 20 miles west of the Iranian border, and decide to go for a nature hike towards an allegedly spectacular lake-park region that is nearer the Iranian border. While Josh Fattal & Sarah Shourd believe that they are nearing the Iranian border in July 2009, the more adventurous Shane Bauer (Sarah's boyfriend and future husband) tells them the border is at least 100 miles away and cajoles them eastward.
Oops, while walking down a trail, they see a uniform guard on the adjacent hillside waving them towards him. Instead of turning around, they head towards the apparent border guard, and Iraqi/Kurd border guard most likely, right? Oops, turns out to be an Iranian border guard, who detains them because, well, that what border guards do when they find strangers prowling around their remote areas - gotta make arrest quotas, right? - oops.
One or two of them have "visited Israel" entry stamps on their passports - oops. Bad karma when intruding into a country that regards Israel as the "Little Satan" and the U.S. as the "Great Satan" - oops.
Some distracters have alleged that Bauer was hoping for just a short detention in order to write a scintillating news article, but not realizing that Iranian authorities may not see as much humor with the trio innocently, accidently, blundering into Iran, as their ring-leader Bauer does. Having Jewish names didn't tickle the Iranians' fancy either - oops.
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