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. »Überwältigend. Ein literarisches Rettungsboot auf dem Meer des iranischen Fundamentalismus.« Margaret Atwood Als die iranische Literaturprofessorin Azar Nafisi den Schleier nicht länger tragen will, wird sie von der Universität Teheran verwiesen - und erfüllt sich einen Traum. Zwei Jahre lang kommen sie und sieben ihrer besten Studentinnen jeden Donnerstagmorgen heimlich zusammen, um verbotene Klassiker der westlichen Literatur zu lesen....

Ein kämpferischer Appell für Literatur als Mittel des Widerstands und Empowerment: New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Azar Nafisi (»Lolita lesen in Teheran«) mit einem aufrüttelnden Text über die Macht der Bücher.In Form von Briefen an ihren verstorbenen Vater (früherer Bürgermeister von Teheran und politischer Gefangener des Schah-Regimes), der ihr in ihrer Kindheit die Augen dafür öffnete, wie Literatur uns in Zeiten der Krise retten kann, ste...

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The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood.What is the role of literature in an era when the president wages war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives, and the way we meet our enemies on...

The foundational text for the acclaimed New York Times and international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran

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Azar Nafisi is a visiting professor and the director of the Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She has taught Western literature at the University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University, and the University of Allameh Tabatabai in Iran. In 1981 she was expelled from the University of Tehran after refusing to wear the veil. In 1994 she won a teaching fellowship from Oxford University, and in 1997 she an...

From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today.

A New York Times bestsellerThe author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books-a passionate and deeply moving hymn to America Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics...

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Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and imme...

Nei due decenni successivi alla rivoluzione di Khomeini, mentre le strade e i campus di Teheran erano teatro di violenze tremende, Azar Nafisi ha dovuto cimentarsi in un�impresa fra le più ardue, e cioè spiegare a ragazzi e ragazze esposti in misura crescente alla catechesi islamica una delle più temibili incarnazioni dell�Occidente: la sua letteratura. Il risultato è uno dei più toccanti atti d�amore per la letteratura mai professati � e insi...