Reading Lolita in Tehran

By: Azar Nafisi;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Autobiography - Biography,

ISBN: 9780007289530

SKU: BEHIY900019

Pages: 379

Description: NOTE: MINOR BROWNING OF PAGES.INSIDE CONDITION IS GOOD.//The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature. In Iran in the late 90s, Azar Nafisi and seven young women, her former students, met every Thursday to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Shy and uncomfortable at first, they began to open up – not only about the novels they were reading but also about their own dreams and disappointments. Their personal stories intertwine with those they are reading – Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby and Lolita – in this rare glimpse of women's lives in revolutionary Iran. A work of great passion and beauty, it is an uplifting account of quiet resistance in the face of repression.