{"product_id":"9781944869038","title":"Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution","description":"\u003cbr\u003eSet in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the stories of a group of characters who share a crowded death row cell in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. A teeming world is evoked vividly through the relationships, memories, and inner lives of these political prisoners, many of whom were eventually executed.\u003cp\u003eTold through a series of linked memories by the narrator, Akbar, whose striking candor is infused with a mordant sense of humor, the story takes the reader beyond mere political struggles and revelations, to a vibrant alternative history, written, as it were, by losers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters whose stories Akbar recounts are brought to life within the mundane rhythms of a bleak institution, in its simple pleasures as well as its frequent horrors, and in the unexpected connections that emerge between the world inside and a past before imprisonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than exalting the heroic, or choosing to focus merely on despair or redemption, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e reveals eloquently how life unfolds when death is starkly imminent. It is a deeply moving story of great camaraderie, biting humor, and soulful remembrance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058524438768,"sku":"9781944869038","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944869038_p0.jpg?v=1763791628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944869038","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}