THE WINDMILLS - Patton, Dana
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This book is an accounting of a privileged family living in a dystopian society where the government is God and blasphemy is severely chastised. After glimpsing the freedom and prosperity of the west Dr. Abdullayev wondered why the people of his beloved Azerbaijan, with few exceptions, lived in poverty and squalor. With all the natural resources of a first world country why was Azerbaijan a third world country? Professor Abdullayev, a kind and thoughtful man, asked this question on national television and paid an enormous price for his question and followup analysis. His criticism of the system cost him a big price. His family also paid.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book is an accounting of a privileged family living in a dystopian society where the government is God and blasphemy is severely chastised. After glimpsing the freedom and prosperity of the west Dr. Abdullayev wondered why the people of his beloved Azerbaijan, with few exceptions, lived in poverty and squalor. With all the natural resources of a first world country why was Azerbaijan a third world country? Professor Abdullayev, a kind and thoughtful man, asked this question on national television and paid an enormous price for his question and followup analysis. His criticism of the system cost him a big price. His family also paid.
Autorenporträt
Dana Patton was born in 1956 in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR. She is the daughter of a heart surgeon/ professor father and a concert pianist mother. Dana earned her BA degree in Baku in 1980 and took WR 115 and 121 classes in the USA. She currently resides in Oregon.