A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran - Hardcover

Bauer, Shane; Fattal, Josh; Shourd, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547985533 ISBN 13: 9780547985534

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014

Synopsis

Three young Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story.

In summer 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were 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 each other 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.

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Riveting and necessary and illuminating in countless unexpected ways. The hikers have pulled off the almost impossible task of making from their hellish experience something of beauty and grace. Dave Eggers

[Amy Goodman quote tk]

In a captivating memoir, three young Americans adroitly draw us into an engrossing tale of innocents caught not only in a foreign prison, but between two countries in a perpetual state of enmity. Writing in their three distinct voices and with no hint of bitterness but with brutal honesty they convey the misery and mental torture of unjust imprisonment as well as the frustration of being pawns in a geopolitical game. Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

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Three Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story

In summer 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were 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 one another were the only ways they could survive.

In this poignant, inspiring 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 each other are tested and deepened. Here is a rare glimpse inside Iran and a timeless portrayal of hardship and hope.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547985533
• ISBN 13: 9780547985534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 339