Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Nafisi, Azar
Publication Date |
2003 |
Publisher |
Fourth Estate, |
Binding |
Paperback |
Condition |
Good+, sound copy |
SKU |
22752 |
Notes |
Lightly creased to spine. Pages lightly tanned. |
Description
Paperback. 347pp. Azar Nafisi was expelled from the University of Tehran for wearing the veil and left for America in 1997 where she has since been a professor of English litertature. This memoir of teaching in Iran uses four discussions at a book club at the writers house as a structure to form the narrative. The book is divided into sections Lolita, Gatsby, James, Austen but dozens of books are refered to throughout.
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