Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi #literature 55 illustrations

55 illustrations

resist the terror

they form a window onto a remarkable era of writing

Butternut squash risotto or Gochujang mac and 'cheese'

Gathered here for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition is the complete stories along with three new and previously unpublished in book form: Paper Losses

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi #literature 55 illustrationsEvery 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