A Sliver of Light
 First edition | |
| Author | Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date | 2014 |
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran is a 2014 memoir by Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Eamon Dolan. It discusses the 2009–11 detention of American hikers by Iran.
The book uses the first-person narrative and switches between the points of view of Bauer, Fattal, and Shourd.[1] The book ends with the authors, after their release, adjusting to the free world and discussing the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Israel, and regime change.[2]
Publishers Weekly stated that the book has "Moments of humor and insight" and that the "voices" of the co-authors "remain oddly similar".[1]
Reception
[edit source]Susanne Pari, an Iranian American who wrote a review for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the " detailed, nuanced, honest, full-bodied memoir" has "an exciting pace" and that it had an "objective" treatment of the subject matter.[2]
Kirkus Reviews concluded that the book is "An unsugared account that demonstrates the admirable, unbreakable bond of friends, parents and countrymen."[3]
Bob Goldfarb of the Jewish Book Council stated that "it’s absorbing and hard to put down" and that the book "offers many of the pleasures of an epistolary novel."[4]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 "Sliver Of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran". Publishers Weekly. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- 1 2 Pari, Susanne (2014-03-28). "'A Sliver of Light,' by Bauer, Fattal and Shourd". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ "A Sliver of Light". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ Goldfarb, Bob. "A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
External links
[edit source]- A Sliver of Light - Joshua Fattal Official Website
- Book excerpt posted by CBS News and Book excerpt posted by National Public Radio
- "In 2009, 3 Americans Went For A Hike, And Ended Up In A Tehran Prison". National Public Radio. 2014-03-14.
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