Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
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We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. 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 she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading—Pride and Prejudice, Washington Square, Daisy Miller and Lolita—their Lolita, as they imagined her in Tehran.Nafisi’s account flashes back to the early days of the revolution, when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations. In those frenetic days, the students took control of the university, expelled faculty members and purged the curriculum. When a radical Islamist in Nafisi’s class questioned her decision to teach The Great Gatsby, which he saw as an immoral work that preached falsehoods of “the Great Satan,” she decided to let him put Gatsby on trial and stood as the sole witness for the defense.Azar Nafisi’s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice.
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American literature
American literature -- Study and teaching
American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran
Attitudes
Biography
Biography & Autobiography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Books and reading
Books and reading -- Iran
Electronic books
English literature
English literature -- Study and teaching
English literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran
English teachers
English teachers -- Iran -- Biography
Group reading
Group reading -- Iran
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Intellectuals -- Attitudes
Intellectuals -- Iran -- Attitudes
Iran
Iran -- Intellectual life
Iran -- Social conditions -- 1979-1997
Literature and state
Literature and state -- Iran
Nafisi, Azar
Nonfiction
Personal Memoirs
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Sociology
Study and teaching
Women
Women's Studies
Women -- Books and reading
Women -- Books and reading -- Iran
Women -- Intellectual life
Women -- Iran -- Intellectual life
Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Women -- Social conditions
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9781588360793
9781588360793
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display_description | We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. 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 she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading—Pride and Prejudice, Washington Square, Daisy Miller and Lolita—their Lolita, as they imagined her in Tehran. Nafisi's account flashes back to the early days of the revolution, when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations. In those frenetic days, the students took control of the university, expelled faculty members and purged the curriculum. When a radical Islamist in Nafisi's class questioned her decision to teach The Great Gatsby, which he saw as an immoral work that preached falsehoods of "the Great Satan," she decided to let him put Gatsby on trial and stood as the sole witness for the defense. Azar Nafisi's luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women's lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice. Praise for Reading Lolita in Tehran "Anyone who has ever belonged to a book group must read this book. Azar Nafisi takes us into the vivid lives of eight women who must meet in secret to explore the forbidden fiction of the West. It is at once a celebration of the power of the novel and a cry of outrage at the reality in which these women are trapped. The ayatollahs don' t know it, but Nafisi is one of the heroes of the Islamic Republic."—Geraldine Brooks, author of Nine Parts of Desire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | American literature -- Study and teaching American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Biography Books and reading -- Iran Electronic books English literature -- Study and teaching English literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran English teachers English teachers -- Iran -- Biography Group reading -- Iran Intellectual life Intellectuals -- Attitudes Intellectuals -- Iran -- Attitudes Iran Iran -- Intellectual life Iran -- Social conditions -- 1979-1997 Literature and state Literature and state -- Iran Nafisi, Azar Personal Memoirs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies Social conditions Women Women -- Books and reading Women -- Books and reading -- Iran Women -- Intellectual life Women -- Iran -- Intellectual life Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th century Women -- Social conditions Women's Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books / Azar Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Reading Lolita in Tehran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | a memoir in books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | American literature Attitudes BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Biography Biography & Autobiography Books and reading English literature English teachers Group reading Intellectual life Intellectuals Literature and state Nafisi, Azar Nonfiction Personal Memoirs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies Social conditions Sociology Study and teaching Women Women's Studies |