by Azar Nafisi · Random House Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780812971064
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«Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books» is Azar Nafisi's memoir, published by Random House in paperback (384 pages, in English).
After resigning from her teaching post in Tehran, Azar Nafisi gathered seven former students at her home every Thursday to secretly read and discuss works of Western literature banned by the Iranian regime. Conversations about Lolita, The Great Gatsby, Henry James and Jane Austen intertwine with the women's personal stories and daily life under the Islamic Republic, turning reading into a space of freedom.
The work is divided into four parts (Lolita, Gatsby, James and Austen) and includes a reading guide with discussion questions.
For readers of memoirs, gender studies and literary criticism, and for those seeking to understand the lives of women in revolutionary Iran.
Azar Nafisi is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
