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When a radical Islamist in Nafisi's English class at Tehran University questions her decision to teach 'The Great Gatsby', she decides to let him put Gatsby on trial. When she is fired for refusing to wear a veil, she resumes her classes at home with a small group of female students.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books, Azar Nafisi
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- Released
- 2004
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Azar Nafisi
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0007178484
- ISBN13
- 9780007178483
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Religion & Spirituality, True Stories, Biographies, History, Religious Topics, Religion, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Women, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, American Literature, Feminism, English Literature, Islam, Social Critique, About Books, Diaries, Studying, Contemporary History, Iran, Reading, Women's Rights, Totalitarian regimes, Reading Instruction, Near and Middle East, Persia, Jane Austen, Totalitarian State, Women in Islam, Iranian Literature, Persian Literature, Forbidden Books
- First published
- 2003
- Original title
- Reading Lolita in Tehran
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- When a radical Islamist in Nafisi's English class at Tehran University questions her decision to teach 'The Great Gatsby', she decides to let him put Gatsby on trial. When she is fired for refusing to wear a veil, she resumes her classes at home with a small group of female students.