01779cam a2200253 4500 246932134 TxAuBib 20151130120000.0 120913s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011279869 9781451652185 hc. 1451652186 hc. (OCoLC)783245609 TxAuBib Sepehr, Aria Minu. We heard the heavens then : a memoir of Iran / Aria Minu-Sepehr. First Free Press hardcover edition. New York : Free Press, 2012. xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm. Corrupter of the land -- Breaking the sound barrier -- I raised this one -- Where parallel lines cross -- A grand comedy -- The writing on the wall -- Burning down the house -- The escape -- My own revolution -- Turning rotten -- The chase -- You, too, major? -- Terminal exam -- No generals left -- Declaration. The 1970s were the end result of half a century of Westernization in Iran. When the Shah was overthrown and the Ayatollah rose to power in 1979, Aria's idyllic life skidded to a halt. As the surreal began to invade the mundane, with family friends disappearing every day and resources growing scarce, Aria found himself torn between being the man of the house and being a much needed source of comic relief. His antics shone a bright light for his family, showing them how to escape, if only momentarily, the grief and horror that a vengeful revolution brought into their lives. Aria Minu-Sepehr takes us back through his explosive youth, into the heart of the revolution when a boy's hero, held up as the nation's pride, became a hunted man. 20151130. TXRHP