Read/discuss Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
Join our monthly book club for an engaging discussion of our latest selection, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
New members are always welcome. 12 copies of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is available for check out from the Chevy Chase Library service desk one month prior to the book club meeting date. Please stop by the Chevy Chase Library to grab one of the 12 copies. If we run out of copies, you'd like to pick up a copy at another branch, or you prefer a different book format, you may request a copy here https://glac.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S185C1279054.
Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political, and cultural realities of living under strict Islamic rule.
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