Reading Lolita in Tehran

Posted on 07 June 2018 by Azar Nafisi

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. Free Read Reading Lolita in Tehran [ By ] Azar Nafisi [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This book failed for me on a number of levels The premise of it sounded interesting to me a glimpse at the lives of women and academics under the totalitarian regime in Iran, arranged around a series of bookclub meetings and analyses of various famous books But for such a promising concept, and for a book which deals with so many serious and complex topics, it s facile and ...I m not sure I can finish this book It s just so boring and self important And poorly written My eyes keep crossing It makes me angry because I think this COULD really be a good book It has a good premise, a lot of potential, and it s about a topic I m actually very interested in and would like to knowabout But instead it s dry as hell and doesn t follow any cohesive pattern it just feels like a...I feel like I showed up for class without reading the required assignment This book should come with a prerequisite reading list Lolita, Invitation to a Beheading, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Miller, and Pride and Prejudice or at least a warning for spoilers view spoiler Lolita is raped by an older man, Gatsby dies, Daisy Miller doesn t get a happy ending, and Elizabeth Bennett does hide spoiler If I would have known Nafisi was going to delve into these literary pieces like she would one of I feel like I showed up for class without reading the required assignment This book should come with a prerequisite reading list Lolita, Invitation to a Beheading, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Miller, and Pride and Prejudice or at least a warning for spoilers view spoiler Lolita is raped by an older man, Gatsby dies, Daisy Miller doesn t get a happy ending, and Elizabeth Bennett does hide spoiler If I would have known Nafisi was going to delve into these literary pieces like she would one of her class discussions, I would have wanted to read them before hand It would have been nice to have them in my mind to go through the symbolism with her instead of being lectured at.Reading this book, I pondered this question can someone become too educated, to...In case you don t know about this book yet though, honestly, how could you not know about this book yet , it is an absolutely amazing memoir by an Iranian woman who was a professor of English Persian Literature at teh University of Tehran before, during, and after the revolution and war with Iraq Once wearing the veil became mandatory and she refused to wear one, she was forced to quit teaching, and one way she came up with to fill her time was to gather several of her most dedicated st In case you don t know about this book yet though, honestly, how could you not know about this book yet , it is an absolutely amazing memoir by an Iranian woman who was a professor of English Persian Literature at teh University of Tehran before, during, and after the revolution and war with Iraq Once wearing the veil became mandatory and she refused to wear one, she was forced to quit teaching, and one way she came up with to fill her time was to gather several of her most dedicated students for a once weekly literature c...Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi 2005 347 1383 0007178484Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi 2005 347 1383 0007178484.1979 1997 I am a lover of books I am a lover of history I am a lover of cultures Consequently, I expected to love this book Sadly, I found my dissappointment growing with each page I turned The premise of the novel was certainly interesting exploring times, the way that they were viewed, the oppression of women, religious fanaticism and political regimes that adopted Sharia, family, and the overall way that a country grew dissillusioned with iteself through novels was certainly an interesting one Y I am a lover of books I am a lover of history I am a lover of cultures Consequently, I expected to love this book Sadly, I found my dissappointment growing with each page I turned The premise of the novel was certainly interesting exploring times, the way that they were viewed, the oppression of women, religious fanaticism and political regimes that adopted Sharia, family, and the overall way that a country grew dissillusioned with iteself through novels was certainly an interesting one Yet, the novel failed to fulfill its promise I was very hopeful at the beginning, I quite enjoyed the section on Lolita, and I feel I would have even had I not read Nabokov previously However, then, as we turned to Gatsby, that initial love died Now, don t get me wrong, it had nothing to do with Gatsby itself I adore The Great Gatsby and F.Scott Fitzgerald But there was such an abrupt shift in time and place,...The title itself is a rather catchy one, however, I must add that it is an important book There are so many aspects of this memoir that I value a lot.For me it is less about totalitarian Regimes and Iran, it isabout courage and integrity in times of crisis particularly when one is not allowed to do something as harmless as reading, and therefore one stands up against the bullies When I read this book, I l felt like I were in a literature class with Ms Nafisi her students Reading forbid The title itself is a rather catchy one, however, I must add that it is an important book There are so many aspects of this memoir that I value a lot.For me it is less about totalitarian Regimes and Iran, it isabout courage and integrity in times of crisis particularly when one is not allowed to do something as harmless as reading, and therefore one stands up against the bullies When I read this book, I l felt like I were in a literature class with Ms Nafisi her students Reading forbidden books, discussing writers and then using imaginations to combat the world around or shall I say, one reads to remain sane inside and not let any regressive forces break the human will and intelligence, and that s what these Iranians do.Very often such narratives are often understood or read in regard to one set of people, one countr...

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