01467cam a2200301 4500 144304397 TxAuBib 20130101120000.0 040115s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780812971064 081297106X TxAuBib Nafasi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books / Azar Nafisi. Trade pbk. ed. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004. 356 p. ; 21 cm. Includes readers guide p. [351]-353. Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political, and cultural realities of living under strict Islamic rule. 20130101. Nafisi, Azar. Group reading Iran. English literature Study and teaching Iran. American literature Study and teaching Iran. English teachers Iran Biography. Women Books and reading Iran. Nafisi, Azar.