The author, who had studied in America and taught afterwards at Tehran University, describes how she set up a seminar for a select group of students after the Iranian revolution. Although much of this book is devoted to their discussions about the works of Jane Austen, Scott Fitzgerald, Nabokov and others, the tyrannical system imposed by Khomeini and its consequences for the students have an important role in this story. A remarkable book.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 47 September 2008 ) |
