Reading "Lolita" in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
When Azar Nafisi was fired from Tehran University (where she was teaching English literature) because she refused to wear a veil, she gathered a group of her female students and resumed her classes at home, privately and discreetly.
"I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's accountHer memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom - as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher." - Susan Sontag "This important book is an eloquent testimony to the ability of human beings faced with tyranny to find freedom inside their own heads". -The Times "an incisive look at recent history...inspiring and required reading." -The Guardian "This book is a remarkably original account of one woman's first-hand experience of the Iranian revolution, generously interspersed with erudite passages of literary criticism". -Parviz Radji, The Times Higher Education Supplement
Azar Nafisi is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. She won a fellowship from Oxford and taught English literature at the University of Tehran. She moved to America in 1997 and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New Republic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860649813 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860649815 |
| Title | Reading "Lolita" in Tehran |
| Author | Azar Nafisi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2003-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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