Having done just that, I was naturally drawn to this book, although I read Lolita long before the overthrow of the Shah. In the late 90s Azar Nafasi, invited seven young women into her house to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Intertwined with her fascinating comments on the books themselves, she relates their personal stories as well as her own from when she started teaching at Tehran University in the early days of revolution.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 25 August 2004 ) |
