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Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi

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  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2004)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Essai (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books

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ISBN: 9780812971064
Author: Azar Nafisi
Date of Publication: 2003-12-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Goodreads rating: 3.65
(rated by 133978 readers)

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Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.
 

  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2004)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Essai (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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