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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Nafisi, Azar is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Reading Lolita in Tehran about?
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice , gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
Who reads Reading Lolita in Tehran?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nafisi, Azar
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141982618
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Biography
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (148 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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