Reading Lolita in Tehran
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For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
Author: Azar Nafisi
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 129mm x 197mm, 271 g
Published: 2015, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Autobiography: General
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For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
Reading Lolita in Tehran