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Reading Lolita in Tehran

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Reading Lolita in Tehran

By Azar Nafisi

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About the book

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 fo...Show more

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ISBN

9780241246238

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2015

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1

Original title

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Format

Paperback

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