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2006., Modern Library Call No: Fic Pez Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A teenage boy makes the mistake of falling in love with the much-protected daughter of his uncle, mischievously nicknamed after his hero Napoleon Bonaparte, the curmudgeonly self-appointed patriarch of a large and extended Iranian family in 1940s Tehran. This edition features an introduction by author and literature professor Azar Nafisi, an informative preface by the translator, a list of characters, a map of Iran, a glossary of terms, an afterward by the author, and questions for reading group discussion.
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By Nafisi, Azarc2004., Random House Call No: 820.9 N146r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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.
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-- Things I have been silent about.By Nafisi, Azarc2008., Random House Call No: 820.9 N146t Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives readers a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in Iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change.
