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Journey of a Thousand Storms

Journey of a Thousand Storms

by Kooshyar Karimi
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/06/2016

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In Journey of a Thousand Storms Dr Kooshyar Karimi, author of Leila's Secret, tells his gripping personal story of surviving prison in Iran and life as a refugee before finding success in Australia.

Kooshyar Karimi had two careers in Iran, one as a doctor and one as an award-winning translator. Until he was kidnapped by the Intelligence Service.

Behind his professional success, Kooshyar was a rebel on several fronts. Marginalised since boyhood as a Jew in a fundamentalist Islamic state, he was a member of a political group that opposed the government. He'd also been using his medical skills illegally, to save unmarried pregnant women from death by stoning.

Snatched from the street by the secret service, he was jailed and tortured and then forced to spy for the regime, before finally escaping to Turkey. There he faced a whole new struggle to keep his family safe while awaiting refugee status from the UN. He was forbidden to work and at the mercy of corrupt police, con men and red tape. Then life became more dangerous still, when the Intelligence Service tracked him down and used his mother, back in Iran, as blackmail.

Kooshyar's inspiring story of how he managed to forge a new life in Australia is heightened by his largeness of heart, strength of character, and insight into human behaviour, from the unfathomably evil to the selflessly kind. With the skill of a natural storyteller, Journey of a Thousand Storms recounts a life of endurance, compassion and gritty determination.

"A masterpiece of moral impossibilities and climactic suspense." - Bob Brown

"Remarkable . . . Karimi earns our trust through his experiences and his sympathy with the plight of the marginalised." - Owen Richardson,  Saturday Age

"A profoundly moving story, beautifully told with extraordinary insight, and filling us with awe at the strength of the author's moral courage.'" - Robin de Crespigny, author of The People Smuggler

About the Author
Kooshyar Karimi was born in Tehran and now lives in Sydney. He is the author of several books on Iranian, Chinese and Assyrian myths and history, one of which was banned from publication by the Iranian government. His memoir I Confess: Revelations in Exile was published in Australia in 2012. He is also an award-winning translator of Gore Vidal, Kahlil Gibran and Adrian Berry, among others.

ISBN:
9780670079407
9780670079407
Category:
Refugees & political asylum
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-06-2016
Publisher:
Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Edition:
1st Edition
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
230x152x21mm
Weight:
0.37kg

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