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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Australia
ISBN-13
9780733618239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95947963
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Author
Azar Nafisi
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
200mm
Item Width
126mm
Item Weight
340g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Azar Nafisi
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
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