Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books /

This is the story of Azar Nafisi's dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom s...

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Main Author:	Nafisi, Azar (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House, ©2003.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Nafisi, Azar. Nabokov, Vladimir, > 1899-1977. Fitzgerald, F. Scott, > 1896-1940. James, Henry, > 1843-1916. Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817. 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. Professeurs d'anglais > Iran > Biographies. Littérature anglaise > Étude et enseignement > Iran. Littérature américaine > Étude et enseignement > Iran. Livres et lecture > Iran. Lecture de groupe > Iran. 05.15 reading. American literature > Study and teaching. Books and reading. English literature > Study and teaching. English teachers. Group reading. Women > Books and reading. Leesgezelschappen. Vrouwen. Letterkunde. Teachers > Iran > Biography. Iran. Autobiography Autobiographies. Biographies. Memoirs (form)