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Reading Lolita in Tehran

a memoir in books

by Azar Nafisi

2003 347 pages eng ★ 3.5 (17 ratings)

Every 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. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; s…

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