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A review by rprkrshearer
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
5.0
Absolutely stunning; the book is part literary criticism, part memoir and part fictitious or fiction-like narrative itself. The assessments of the texts are well rounded and discussed from multiple angles at length, while simultaneously adding a new dimension of western literature through the lens of female oppression in Iran.
The way that this perspective colorizes villains and heroes within novels (and how these figures can be identified in daily life) makes one reexamine what Nafisi calls the, "ordeal of freedom," and any claim of Mafisi's 'self righteous tone' over the course of the book demonstrates a lack of understanding of that empathy so integral to maintaining their hope in the face of stark oppression; the annulment of their autonomy, individuality and self identification/expression.
This book was an adventure in literature and its many gifts, in feminism and of the human experience.
The way that this perspective colorizes villains and heroes within novels (and how these figures can be identified in daily life) makes one reexamine what Nafisi calls the, "ordeal of freedom," and any claim of Mafisi's 'self righteous tone' over the course of the book demonstrates a lack of understanding of that empathy so integral to maintaining their hope in the face of stark oppression; the annulment of their autonomy, individuality and self identification/expression.
This book was an adventure in literature and its many gifts, in feminism and of the human experience.