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020 | _a081297106X 9780812971064 | ||
100 | _aNafisi, Azar. | ||
245 | _aReading Lolita in Tehran | ||
250 | _aPBK | ||
260 |
_aNew York. _bRandom House. _c8/22/2008 |
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300 | _a356 p. | ||
500 | _aProf. 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 onl | ||
590 | _b42514 | ||
650 | _aNafisi, Azar. | ||
650 | _aEnglish literature -- Iran -- Biography. | ||
650 | _aAmerican literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran. | ||
650 | _aWomen -- Books and reading -- Iran. | ||
651 | _xGroup reading -- Iran. | ||
852 | _oPBK 820.9 NAF | ||
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