Reading Lolita In Tehran - A Memoir In Books

Pages: 347
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
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ISBN: 0007743955
Author: Azar Nafisi
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In Iran in the late 90s Azar gathered every week with her former students to discuss forbidden Westrn literature, and slowly shyly opened up about their own dreams and disappointments as well as the novels. Their lives intertwine with the books they are reading. Offers fascinating portrait of Iran-Iraq war and of women's lives in revolutionary Iraq. "Anyone who has ever belonged to a book group must read this book." Geraldine Brooks. "A book lover's tale, a literary life raft on Iran's fundamentalist sea. . . Engrossing, fascinating, stunning" Margaret Atwood

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