{"title":"Shahrzad Elghanayan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"titan-of-tehran-book-shahrzad-elghanayan-9781733846271","title":"Titan of Tehran","description":"Titan of Tehran, a richly reported and elegantly rendered\u003cbr\u003estory, presents a compelling central character, historic sweep and moments that\u003cbr\u003eread like chapters in a thriller.  The titan is Habib Elghanian - a self-made industrialist and\u003cbr\u003ethe foremost Jew of his time in Iran, whom the Islamic theocracy targeted as\u003cbr\u003ethe first civilian executed during the 1979 revolution. With Iran continuing to\u003cbr\u003egenerate front-page news, his previously untold story is painfully relevant, \u003cbr\u003eshedding light on that country's persistent economic, political and social\u003cbr\u003eproblems. Titan of Tehran brings that great, ancient, now-compromised nation\u003cbr\u003einto fresh and accessible focus. The odyssey of Elghanian's life and death is told by his\u003cbr\u003egranddaughter in an understated style that nonetheless makes clear her powerful\u003cbr\u003estake and personal place in the unfolding drama. Exploring universal themes of\u003cbr\u003eloss and longing, belonging and identity, she reconstructs and chronicles his\u003cbr\u003eascent from Tehran's Jewish quarter - the edge of the pit - to his business\u003cbr\u003esuccess that was instrumental in modernizing the country to fatefully facing a\u003cbr\u003efiring squad.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTitan of Tehran serves as a monument to a man who might\u003cbr\u003ehave disappeared in the mists of history, even though his execution was\u003cbr\u003ereported worldwide on newspaper front pages and in broadcast news reports. In\u003cbr\u003ehis homeland, Elghanian was misrepresented, mistreated, maligned and murdered -\u003cbr\u003ebut now won't be forgotten. He is a riveting character whom readers will keep\u003cbr\u003ein their hearts - a titan, yes, but deeply, sadly, delightfully human, too.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49558966272273,"sku":"CIN1733846271G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1733846271.jpg?v=1750722590"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-shahrzad-elghanayan.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}