Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi with Lisette Lecat (Narrator)

18 hours, 30 minutes first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced

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This is the story of Azar Nafisi's dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western ...

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reflective 79%
informative 69%
emotional 57%
challenging 42%
inspiring 37%
sad 35%
hopeful 24%
dark 15%
tense 15%
adventurous 4%
funny 4%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

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medium 34%
fast 2%

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