Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir Paperback – May 21, 2013

This book takes you into the prison system in Iran after the fall of the shah and I gotta tell you, it is unbelievably horrifying, but real. I continue to be amazed at man's inhumanity to man.

the great book, a true and very sad story about the women life in Islamic Country.

From one of Iran's well known writers; this is an account of her unfortunate multiple imprisonments and her life in the prison. The description of life in captivity is vivid: how it dulls the mind, how it brings out the worst in human nature, and most depressingly, how indignities slowly become acceptable. Some background about the multiple political ideologies of the prisoners would have been useful. Also, Parsipur largely talks about her own experience, going deeper behind the lives of the various people she encountered, would have made the book richer. One of her remarks is striking: "The jailed is always superior than the jailor"

Very powerful and poignant account of Iranian prisons in 1980s. Shahmush was imprisoned several times for no clear reason but was a non-conformist who passionately believed in free speech. I won't say any more regarding her experiences, but the writing is beautiful and clear. It is thought provoking.

Conocía a estar escritora por su obra "Mujeres sin hombres" que ha sido también llevada al cine. Este relato, sin embargo, no es de ficción, sino que en él narra sus recuerdos, vivencias y experiencias en una prisión de mujeres justo después de la Revolución Islámica. El relato está escrito en un lenguaje bastante desnudo y directo, lo que hace que impacte aún más. Se habla de tortura, de locura, de ejecuciones... Es una historia que ahora más que nunca, debido al ascenso al poder en muchos países del mundo de gobiernos que podrían llevar a regímenes más opresores, debe de ser leída. Espero que se traduzca al castellano para que llegue a un público más amplio.

I admire the woman whose story this is.