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| Named Person: | Azar Nafisi; Azar Nafisi; Azar Nafisi |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Azar Nafisi |
| ISBN: | 9781400063611 1400063612 9781588367495 1588367495 |
| OCLC Number: | 270775181 |
| Description: | xxi, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | FAMILY FICTIONS. Saifi -- Rotten genes -- Learning to lie -- Coffee hour -- Family ties -- The holy man -- A death in the family -- LESSONS AND LEARNING. Leaving home -- Rudabeh's story -- At Scotforth House -- Politics and intrigue -- Mayor of Tehran -- Rehearsal for a revolution -- MY FATHER'S JAIL. A common criminal -- The prison diaries -- A career woman -- A suitable match -- Women like that! -- Married life -- REVOLTS AND REVOLUTION. A happy family -- Demonstrations -- Revolution -- The other other woman -- When home is not home anymore -- Reading and resistance -- Broken dreams -- Father's departure -- The goddess of bad news -- Facing the world -- The last dance -- The perils of love -- Moments in 20th-century Iranian history. |
| Responsibility: | Azar Nafisi. |
Abstract:
Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives readers a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in Iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change.
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