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.

瑪莉娜·奈梅特

來自信奉俄羅斯東正?的傢庭，在伊朗德黑蘭齣生長大。

十六歲時遭伊朗何梅尼政權逮捕，被囚禁在德黑蘭惡名昭彰的艾文監獄長達兩年，齣獄時纔十八歲。

一九九一年她移民至加拿大，在鄉間餐館擔任女侍，嫁給電機工程師為妻，生養兩個孩子。

她一直守著過往的秘密，直到母親去世後纔開始在筆記本裏書寫過去、填滿細節。那些打碎她少女純真燦爛的迴憶一幕幕翻湧而上，終於傾瀉齣二十年來壓抑在心頭的重量，成就這本令人著迷、讀來震撼的《德黑蘭的囚徒》。