Reading Lolita in Tehran
Subtitle: a memoir in books
By: Azar Nafisi.
Edition: Trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Nafisi, Azar; English teachers -- Iran -- Biography; English literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran; American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran; Women -- Books and reading -- Iran; Group reading -- Iran
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes readers guide p. [351]-353.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: Author's note; title: Part one : Lolita; title: Part two : Gatsby; title: Part three : James; title: Part four : Austen; title: Epilogue; title: Reader's guide.; title: Questions for discussion; title: Suggested reading