Reading Lolita In Tehran
Author: Nafisi, Azar
ISBN: 9780241246238
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 195mm x 131mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
ISBN: 9780241246238
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 195mm x 131mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
