Episode 4
It is the time of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and Said is bullied at school because he says that the American diplomats were spies.
Josh Hamilton reads from American-Iranian writer Said Sayrafiezadeh's funny and touching memoir.
It is the time of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and Said is bullied at school because he says that the American diplomats were spies. Out of the blue, his mother leaves the Socialist Workers Party and devotes herself to writing magazine stories, which are all rejected. One night Said discovers that she has taken all her medication but he is able to get her to a doctor, even as she repeatedly tells him she does not want to live.
Abridged by Francois Smit.
A Waters Company production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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- Thu 27 Aug 2009 09:45大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Fri 28 Aug 2009 00:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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