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Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books / Azar Nafisi

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Reader's circle (Random House (Firm))Edition: Trade paperback editionDescription: 356 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 081297106X
  • 9780812971064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • B 21
LOC classification:
  • PE64.N34 A3 2003
  • PR55.N34 N34 2004
Contents:
Lolita -- Gatsby -- James -- Austen
Summary: 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
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 921/NAF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 04/21/2025 39844400113524

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

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