Ever since the 1979 revolution that brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power, Western culture and literature has become wholly reviled in Iran and especially forbidden for women to explore. However, that did not stop Azar Nafisi from gathering a small group of women to her home every Thursday to lead a discussion group on such banned Western classics as Pride and Prejudice and Lolita.
Reading Lolita in Teheran
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Things I've Been Silent About
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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
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The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books
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My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices
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That Other World: Nabokov and the Puzzle of Exile
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BiBi e la voce verde
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Inge Morath: Iran
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