{"product_id":"9780812971064","title":"Reading Lolita in Tehran","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • ONE OF THE BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE CENTURY*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this celebrated modern classic, a former teacher in revolutionary Iran tells the extraordinary true story of the women who risked their lives to study Western literature in her living room.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Stunning . . . a literary life raft on Iran’s fundamentalist sea.”—Margaret Atwood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An intimate memoir of life under a repressive regime and a celebration of the vitality of literature . . . as rich and profound as the novels Nafisi teaches.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEvery Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the women came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they removed their veils and began to speak more freely—their stories intertwining with the novels they were reading by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, as fundamentalists seized hold of the universities and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the women in Nafisi’s living room spoke not only of the books they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams, and disappointments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAzar Nafisi’s luminous masterwork gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny, and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Azar Nafisi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48071164068062,"sku":"9780812971064","price":29.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dc7947bf-653d-4345-9501-88087f6da481.jpg?v=1775669692","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/products\/9780812971064","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}