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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Feb 11, 2009
Pros: Some interesting anecdotes. Nafisi's passion.
Cons: Confusing style. Needs editing.
Summary: I just finished reading Azar Nafisi's 2004 book, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. Now that I'm finished with the book, I realize that I really should have paid more attention to the book's full title. This book is, indeed, "a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2005
Pros: A good look at life in Tehran.
Cons: Little too long for me.
Summary: The following book is one recommended in my Book Club and was reviewed by all at our monthly meeting. I have mixed feeling about this book Reading Lolita in Tehran – A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi as it is absorbing in parts and other ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2005
Pros: Interesting subject, author has unique perspective, historical
Cons: Confusing storytelling method, better if familiar with literature discussed
Summary: I’ve been meaning to pick up Reading Lolita in Tehran for quite some time. The book is written by Azar Nafisi, a female former professor in Tehran Iran. Nafisi resigns from her teaching job partly due to the increasingly strict conditions of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2005
Pros: insightful, ultimately rewarding
Cons: not an easy read by any means
Summary: Azar Nafisi is a western-educated Iranian woman who returns to her native country after 17 years abroad (having left at the age of 13) to find it much changed by the politics of the seventies. For the next decade and a half, she works as an outspoken ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2004
Pros: Mind opening.
Cons: May be mis-understood
Summary: I read "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and was able to imagine Nafisi's Iran, at the time she was present. As far as "Ta’aruf” she does not mention it in name, but does in explanation of character behavior. This is not a book of Iranian history; it is of ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 6, 2004
Pros: Writer paints vivid image of an explosive and chaotic life in Iran in the eighties.
Cons: Transition from one aspect of writer's life to another did not flow smoothly.
Summary: The book is unique in that it is a memoir and a commentary on literary works. It is about the writer's life in Tehran, during the eighties and the nineties and interspersed in her memoir are her comments on western literature and authors such as Nabokov, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2004
Pros: There's an interesting and compelling story in here...somewhere
Cons: The book is a muddle, doesn't give a very clear picture of any one thing.
Summary: My curiosity was more than piqued when I heard about Azar Nafisi's memoir called Reading Lolita in Tehran. Having spent a month in Iran and having also been absolutely floored by Nabokov's ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community May 8, 2006
Pros: Expanded my understanding the Iraninan regime, its history especially in relation to women's issues.
Cons: None
Summary: This was a great book to read. Very well written. personal stories were touching, real, and sobering. Expanded my understanding the Iraninan regime, its history especially in relation to women's issues. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Mar 31, 2005
Pros: As a personal narrative, some details of her memories teaching are nice.
Cons: Biased, b/c the Islamic Republic is considerably more democratic than many "democracies" of today.
Summary: Out of respect to the reader, I must say that it would be quite difficult to fully convey the Persian culture to a largely Western audience in a single book. However, if someone does take on the challenge, as the author did, she/he must be willing to
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 26, 2005
Pros: Read this book before you vote for or against war with Muslim countries.
Cons: Better with photographs of Iraq,+ reproductions of her collection of news photos.
Summary: This is an amazing, heartbreaking, eye opening book. As the story interweaves from past to present, the role of intellectuals living and working inside a violent cultural revolution is revealed. It is a book about professors and students trying to
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Oct 28, 2004
Pros: Interesting, compelling story about and interesting time and place.
Cons: A little hard to follow at times, jumps around
Summary: This is a fascinating story of a female professor in Iran who starts a book club with some of her students. When I started reading it, I thought that was going to be it. But the story is part book review of classic works, (Lolita, The Great Gatsby,
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Mar 27, 2004
Pros: written beautifully, draws you right in
Cons: I was late to work 5 times because I couldn't stop reading it.
Summary: Strolling Casually through my local Barnes and Nobles I almost passed up this book...my boyfriend actually pointed it out. I have long been a fan of Vladmir Nabakov's beautiful and poignent tale of Humbert. This book however opened my eyes to what was
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ISBN13: 9780812979305. ISBN10: 0812979303. by Azar Nafisi. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 08
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ISBN13: 9780812971064. ISBN10: 081297106X. by Azar Nafisi. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 03
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