Reading Lolita in Tehran

Name: Reading Lolita in Tehran
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241246238
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By Azar Nafisi

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is a poignant memoir that chronicles the author's experiences as a professor of Western literature in post-revolutionary Iran. Nafisi forms a covert reading group with her female students, delving into banned Western classics. Through their discussions, the group navigates themes of freedom, resistance, and the power of literature in oppressive times.
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You might enjoy this memoir if you're curious about the power of literature to provide freedom and solace in times of oppression. This inspiring story offers a poignant glimpse into the lives of women in Iran, delving into personal transformation amidst societal restrictions.

Reading Lolita in Tehran

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.

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For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Azar Nafisi's memoir has been met with high praise, capturing readers' imaginations with its remarkable storytelling. Esteemed authors like Margaret Atwood and Susan Sontag have commended its engrossing and moving narrative. It is especially celebrated for highlighting the transformative power of fiction, making it a must-read for book enthusiasts and receiving recognition for its vivid and sometimes humorous depiction of life.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241246238

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 271g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

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. In 1994 she won a teaching fellowship from Oxford University, and in 1997 she and her family left Iran for America. She is the author of The Republic of Imagination and Things I've Been Silent About, and lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and two children.