Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemat's peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her Maths lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where interrogation and torture were part of the daily routine. Aged sixteen, she was sentenced to death. Her prison guard snatched her from the firing squad bullets but exacted a shocking price in return -- marriage to him and conversion to Islam. Marina lived out her prison days as his secret bride, spending nights with him in a separate cell. Marina struggled to reconcile her hatred towards Ali and her feelings of physical repulsion with the fact that he had saved her life. When Ali was murdered by his enemies from Evin, and saved Marina's life for a second time, her feelings were complicated even further. At last she was able to return home, to her family and her past life, but silence surrounded her time as a political prisoner and the regime kept her under constant surveillance.Marina's world had been changed forever and she questions whether she will ever escape Iran and its regime or be free of her memories of Evin.

玛莉娜·奈梅特

来自信奉俄罗斯东正?的家庭，在伊朗德黑兰出生长大。

十六岁时遭伊朗何梅尼政权逮捕，被囚禁在德黑兰恶名昭彰的艾文监狱长达两年，出狱时才十八岁。

一九九一年她移民至加拿大，在乡间餐馆担任女侍，嫁给电机工程师为妻，生养两个孩子。

她一直守著过往的秘密，直到母亲去世後才开始在笔记本里书写过去、填满细节。那些打碎她少女纯真灿烂的回忆一幕幕翻涌而上，终於倾泻出二十年来压抑在心头的重量，成就这本令人著迷、读来震撼的《德黑兰的囚徒》。