[−]
  • Search
Share Organize Explore

has ALL you need!

A community for book lovers to create their own bookshelves, share and explore books.

Sign Up for FREE!
Blog this item

Reading Lolita in Tehran

A Memoir in Books

By Azar Nafisi

(22)

| Paperback | 9780812971064

Book Description

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 hoContinue

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.

2 Reviews

  • A group of women meet in their teacher's home to discuss books that are disapproved of in Iran.

    Is this helpful?

    ― Missmath144 said on Aug 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • High School

    I have to admit that this is not a book I'd just decide to pick up if I saw it in a bookstore. It doesn't look like the type of book that would interest me. However, I am SO glad it was on my high school's summer reading list, and I am SO glad I decided to read it anyway. I originally started readin ... (continue)

    I have to admit that this is not a book I'd just decide to pick up if I saw it in a bookstore. It doesn't look like the type of book that would interest me. However, I am SO glad it was on my high school's summer reading list, and I am SO glad I decided to read it anyway. I originally started reading it thinking I would hate it, but I so totally loved it. However, I felt like I would have enjoyed the book more had I read more of the texts mentioned.

    Is this helpful?

    ― Ifonearth said on Jan 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

Book Details

Improve data of this book

Groups with this in collection

Prices Change currency & sellers

ISBN Edition List Sale Seller
9780812971064 Paperback $15.00 $10.20 Amazon US
£14.95 £14.95 Amazon UK
$18.95 $13.83 Amazon CA
¥1905.00 ¥2387.00 Amazon JP
€11.69 €11.69 Amazon FR
-- €15.95 Amazon DE
$14.95 $13.45 bn.com
Other editions →
+ 1 copy tradable: 1 in USA →

Inline Translation Mode

Left click to navigate, right click to translate.

inline translation guide

or close

Inline translation is not ready for this page yet.

Inline translation mode.

Share this page with your friends.

The viewport has not loaded.