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Nafisi, Azar

Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books / Azar Nafisi - Trade paperback edition - 356 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Random House reader's circle . - Reader's circle (Random House (Firm)) .

Lolita -- Gatsby -- James -- Austen

Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political, and cultural realities of living under strict Islamic rule

Young Adult

ISBN: 081297106X 9780812971064

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nafisi, Azar

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English teachers--Iran--Biography
English literature--Study and teaching--Iran
American literature--Study and teaching--Iran
Women--Books and reading--Iran
Group reading--Iran
Teaching
Literature
Women

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran
North America

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography
Biography.

LC Class. No.: PE64.N34 / A3 2003 PR55.N34 / N34 2004

Dewey Class. No.: B