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Reading Lolita in Tehran
a memoir in books
Book • 2003
In this memoir, Azar Nafisi recounts her life in Iran after the 1979 revolution, focusing on her secret book club where she and seven female students discussed forbidden Western classics such as works by Vladimir Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Jane Austen.
The book interweaves Nafisi's personal experiences, including her expulsion from the University of Tehran for refusing to wear the veil, her teaching career, and the impact of the Iran-Iraq War on Iranian society.
It explores themes of personal freedom, social obligations, tyranny, and the transformative power of literature in the face of oppression.
The book interweaves Nafisi's personal experiences, including her expulsion from the University of Tehran for refusing to wear the veil, her teaching career, and the impact of the Iran-Iraq War on Iranian society.
It explores themes of personal freedom, social obligations, tyranny, and the transformative power of literature in the face of oppression.
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