Saved by Beauty : : Adventures of an American Romantic in Iran

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Writing Iran -- Leaving the known -- Paradise and poetry -- Talking stones -- Return to the source -- The blue dome -- Drink the wine -- More than one veil -- Christmas in Tehran -- One imam and three wise men -- The sorrow in Shiraz -- Razor's edge -- Politics as usual -- In Mesopotamia -- Return to beauty -- Interrogation, with room service.
Poet, adventurer, and unapologetic romantic Housden travels to Iran to learn about the people, the culture, and the art of this misunderstood land.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Broadway Books, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 290 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307587732
0307587738

SUBJECTS
Housden, Roger -- Travel -- Iran.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, -- Maulana, -- 1207-1273.
Hafiz, -- 14th cent.
Americans -- Travel -- Iran.
Iran -- Description and travel.
Iran -- Social life and customs.
Iran -- Intellectual life.
Iran -- Biography.