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Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they removed their veils and began to speak more freely–their stories intertwining with the novels they were reading by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, as fundamentalists seized hold of the universities and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the women in Nafisi's living room spoke not only of the books they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Azar Nafisi's luminous masterwork gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women's lives in revolutionary Iran. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny, and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. - Publisher.
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Sociology, Professeurs d'anglais, Femmes, Women's Studies, Profesores de inglés, Biografía, Mujeres, Literatura inglesa, English literature, Study and teaching, Livres et lecture, Women, Lectura en grupos, Étude et enseignement, Biographies, Books and reading, Social conditions, Libros y lectura, Literatura estadounidense, Littérature anglaise, Littérature américaine, Ithaca College First-Year Reading Initiative, American literature, Enseñanza, Lecture de groupe, Group reading, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, English teachers, Biography, Study and teaching (Higher), Women college teachers, History, Leesgezelschappen, Letterkunde, Vrouwen, Teachers, Teaching, Discussion groups, Literature, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Women, iran, Teachers, biography, English literature, study and teaching, American literature, study and teaching, Iran, history, Nafisi, Azar, English teachers -- Iran -- Biography, English literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran, American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran, Women -- Books and reading -- Iran, Books and reading -- Iran, Group reading -- Iran, English teachers--iran--biography, English literature--study and teaching, English literature--study and teaching--iran, American literature--study and teaching, American literature--study and teaching--iran, Women--books and reading, Women--books and reading--iran, Group reading--iran, Pe64.n34 a3 2003, Pr55.n34 n34 2004People
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Leer "Lolita" en Teherán
2004, El Aleph Editores, Planeta Publishing
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
2004, Random House
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Reading "Lolita" in Tehran
February 2, 2004, Fourth Estate
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
2003, Random House
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