The Loneliest Revolution

A memoir of life in Iran in the tumultuous years leading up to the 1979 revolution 'Offers an intimate window onto the Iranian revolution just when we need to be thinking about it the most' - Marjane Satrapi, writer and film director Recounts the political contests between Islamists, leftists, and others culminating in one of the twentieth century’s most surprising revolutionsCombines the sensitivity of a memoir with the expertise of a scholarly study to explore lesser-known figures and events i