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Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir Audiobook
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Born in 1949 to a prosperous family in Tehran, Abbas Milani grew up in an Iran of culture and tradition. He was sent to the United States for his studies, and it was there that he made his transition to adulthood, becoming active intellectually, sexually, and politically. Flush with 1960s idealism, he returned home in 1975, only to find his country utterly changed. His intellectual activities soon landed him in prison, and as his country crumbled before his eyes, he reluctantly moved back to the US permanently in 1986.
Milani’s impassioned memoir of coming to terms with the fate of his country is a loving account of the traditional Iran of his childhood, a painful portrayal of a generation of Iranians torn apart by their country and its politics, and finally, a message of hope, as he proves in the end that despite his hardships, he has achieved fulfillment in exile.
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“Milani’s work is beautifully written in sophisticated and articulate English; [Vance] narrates the words and images in a cultured British accent. Milani’s autobiography explains a great deal about life in Iran today and about why he and other Iranians have left their country.”
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“A consistently dramatic and moving memoir.”
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“Candid and revealing…A wealth of insights into Iranian society and culture. Along the way Milani also makes acute observations about American society.”
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“An exceptional, emotionally blooded memoir…A breathtaking example of the quiet, selfless gorgeousness of the memorist’s art…This is a tale on whose every word readers will hang.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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About Abbas Milani
Abbas Milani is a historian and author. He is the director of Iranian studies at Stanford University and codirector of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. Milani has written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, and NPR, among others. He lives in California.
About Simon Vance
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.