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Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
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Description for Reading Lolita in Tehran
Paperback. Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. This book tells how they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, and share their own stories, dreams with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; HBTV; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241246238
SKU
V9780241246238
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About Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi is a visiting professor and the director of the Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She has taught Western literature at the University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University, and the University of Allameh Tabatabai in Iran. In 1981 she was expelled from the University of Tehran after refusing to wear the veil. ... Read more
Reviews for Reading Lolita in Tehran
Engrossing, fascinating, stunning
Margaret Atwood I was enthralled and moved
Susan Sontag Anyone who has ever belonged to a book group must read this book
Geraldine Brooks Vivid, often heroic and sometimes funny ... Nafisi's rather wonderful book touches a beauty of its own
Paul Allen
Guardian
Remarkable ... an eloquent brief on the ... Read more
Margaret Atwood I was enthralled and moved
Susan Sontag Anyone who has ever belonged to a book group must read this book
Geraldine Brooks Vivid, often heroic and sometimes funny ... Nafisi's rather wonderful book touches a beauty of its own
Paul Allen
Guardian
Remarkable ... an eloquent brief on the ... Read more