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For Cyrus Massoudi, a young Britishborn Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee thirty years ago was a place wholly unknown to him. Wanting to make sense of his roots and piece together the divided, divisive and deeply contradictory puzzle that is contemporary Iran, he embarked on a series of journeys that spanned hundreds of miles and thousands of years through the many ebbs and flows of Iranian history. From the border with Turkey to that of Turkmenistan, from the Caspian basin down to the Persian Gulf, his journeys took him from the mythological first kings of Iran, to the Elamite kingdom, the eras of Cyrus and Darius, the glory of the Sasanians, the shock of the Islamic Arab conquests and the later Mongols, Safavids and on to Khomeini, Ahmadinejad and beyond. Rich portrayals of Sufis and ageing aristocrats, smugglers and underground rock bands are all woven together with history, religion and mythology to form a unique portrait of contemporary Iranian society. And, like a fragile thread running through the heart of the narrative lies Massoudi's poignant personal quest; his struggle echoing that of Iran itself, as it fights to forge a cohesive modern identity.With its tensions of young against old, reformists against reactionaries and the computer against the Qur'an, it is a battle with global implications for a future that is poised so precariously between promise and ruin.
Land of the Turquoise Mountains reveals a world beyond the propaganda-driven, media fuelled image of fractious, flag-burning fundamentalism, and provides a compelling glimpse both into the heart of a deeply misunderstood nation and into what it is to seek out and discover one's heritage.
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"Beautifully written. Very informative."
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Land of the Turquoise Mountains Journeys Across Iran Cyrus Massoudi 9781788318341 Books Reviews
- Beautifully written. Very informative.
- A must read for Iranians, especially the younger generation who left their county at a young age or were born abroad and have been subjected to 35 years of constant harsh negative publicity by the mass media in the West. So much so that many have been reluctant to admit their true nationality. In a simple, well written, fluent and concise manner, the author carries the reader back several millenia to depict how Iran has contributed to world civilization in religion, philosophy, poetry, literature, arts, architecture, astronomy, medicin, sciences, agriculture and ....
Travelling the four corners of the country with a back pack and associating with natives of different tribes and ethnicity, the author depicts well the complex and inconsistent psyche of the Iranian and portrays well the ongoing struggle between new and old, modern and ancient, liberal and reactionary. - Fascinating account of a country I knew very little about before. Also a brilliant tale of someone raised in the UK, but with a very strong desire to discover his heritage.
