Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Author: Azar Nafisi ISBN: 9780812971064 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Published: 2003 Binding: Paperback Language: English Publisher Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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 nove