READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN Azar Nafisi - A Memoir in Books (Iran)

A bestselling Iranian memoir. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, the author gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. All were former students she had taught at university. The author offers a glimpse from the inside of the women's lives in revolutionary Iran.

This is a used book in very good condition: clean with little wear apart from a couple of minor crease and a dog eared page; pages are clean and aging lightly; no spine creases. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: We all have dreams things we fantasise about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true.For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular: several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, DAISY MILLER and their Lolita, as they imagined her, in Tehran.Azar Nafisi s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women s lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice.

Book Details

Code: SKU1538

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 418

Published: 2004 by Hodder, Australia

ISBN: 0733618235

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