Housden, Roger <br/><br/>
Saved by beauty  : an American romantic in Iran 
/ Roger Housden 
 - 1st ed 
 - New York  : Broadway Books  , c2011. 
 - viii, 290 p.  : map  ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Writing Iran -- Leaving the known -- Paradise and poetry -- Talking stones -- Return to the source -- The blue dome -- Drink the wine -- More than one veil -- Christmas in Tehran -- One imam and three dead poets -- The sorrow in Shiraz -- Razor's edge -- Politics as usual -- In Mesopotamia -- Return to beauty -- Interrogation, with room service. 
<br/><br/> Poet, adventurer, and unapologetic romantic Housden travels to Iran to learn about the people, the culture, and the art of this misunderstood land. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307587732 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011003323 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Housden, Roger<br/>Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana (1207-1273) <br/>Hafiz----14th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Americans----Travel
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran---Description and travel<br/>Iran----Social life and customs<br/>Iran----Intellectual life<br/>Iran----Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS259.2  / .H68 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>955 HOU