The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny - Hardcover

"Very powerful" "Riveting ... this moving book is a monument in itself, commemorating friendship and the human spirit" "Powerful declaration between each line" "Moving memoir" "Masterpiece... a beautiful innocence of writing" "Bold and brave" "Poignant memories... painfully real" -- Amnesty International "Extraordinary" "Nobel winner writes of peace" "Gripping story... a sad lesson in how revolutions eat their own" -- Director Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations "Amazing. Do not miss this book" -- President Jessica Tuchman Mathews of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace "Couldn't put it down...guarantee you will be touched" -- Executive Director Karen Greenberg of The Center on Law and Security at New York University

For over fifty years the Shah Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran until Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 Islamic Revolution seized power and began its own reign of tyranny. The questions about the revolution shape The Golden Cage while the answers shed light on Islamic Iran's current events and tell us why it strives for nuclear energy, chants "Death to Israel," and claims to be the most powerful force in the Middle East and Muslim world. History perhaps is best described through life stories we each can hold dearly. The Golden Cage is one such story about three brothers the author knew through their sister, Pari, a childhood friend. Each brother subscribes to a different political ideology that tears Iran and their lives apart. As Pari observes, her brothers live deluded lives in golden cages of ideology. These words mark the beginning of this story, illuminating the multifaceted, oppressive Iran of today and years past.