| SHORT-LISTED FOR THE THOMAS COOK TRAVEL BOOK AWARD 2001 Ana Briongos wrote these travel journals twenty years after her first journey to Iran. The result is a charming travel book, full of good will. During Ms. Briongos´ travels, Iran was a westernized country ruled by the Shah. Just a few years later the Islamic Revolution took place. Twenty years after her first voyage the author travels again through the country to compare past impressions with life in the present in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Her stories paint the portrait of a contradictory and fascinating country. In Black on Black, the author tells us about the Americans residing in the country, about Mosadeq, about the Caspian Sea and caviar, about opium, Nowruz, gastronomy, and about education in the madreses and universities. She also narrates the story of a general from the Shah's army, tells of life in Ghom and the Shiis and of course comments on Khomeini. The interweaving into the journals of the touching story of Rave and her grand daughter Budu also turns Black on Black into the chronicle of different minorities in the Middle East such as the Armenians, Jews and Kurds. Published by Laertes (in Spanish) and Lonely Planet Journeys (English) 179 pp. Rights available: World (except Spanish and English) |
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