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.
Price: £5.00
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