Bibliograph

A sliver of light, three Americans imprisoned in Iran, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd

Type

Label

A sliver of light, three Americans imprisoned in Iran, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A sliver of light

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd

Sub title

three Americans imprisoned in Iran

Summary

During the summer of 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by border patrol. Wrongly accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran's infamous Evin Prison, where activists and protesters from the Green Movement were still being confined and tortured. Cut off from the world and trapped in a legal black hole, the three friends discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on one another was the only way they could survive. In A Sliver of Light, Bauer, Fattal, and Shourd finally get to tell their side of the story. They offer a rare glimpse inside Iran at a time when understanding this fractured state has never been more important

Target audience

adult

Classification