Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi

Rating: 4 (6 votes)

Tags: Female author

Reading Lolita in Tehran

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When a radical Islamist in Nafisi's English class at Tehran University questions her decision to teach 'The Great Gatsby', she decides to let him put Gatsby on trial. When she is fired for refusing to wear a veil, she resumes her classes at home with a small group of female students.

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Lindsay
(6 years ago)
17 May, 2018
Written in 2004 this details how because of the Islamic regime, women studied forbidden Western books in secret during the 1990s.
Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Rachel
(1 month ago)
25 Oct, 2024
J'ai trouvé le style un peu déconcertant, on est à la fois dans un récit, mais ça tend souvent vers l'analyse littéraire. Il faut être un vrai fan de littérature pour apprécier cette lecture, mais il y a beaucoup de vérité et de profondeur dans ce livre, et je n'oublierai pas de sitôt cette professeure et ses élèves.

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