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Top members (works)ivaiva (3), joyfulgirl44 (2), rmaitzen (2), Scrat (2), GPV1772 (2), barb302 (2), Dgryan1 (2), SpineCracker (2), Kimberlaina (2), AzureMountain (2), bklvr2 (2), BMCCReads (2), suzyrez (2), tbeannn (2), Pandora59 (2) — more Recently addedK7TY (1), ccatalfo (1), arlongworth (1), sarahjoseph (1), Undreya (2), LeedsBookClub (1), ljhliesl (1), bbrassell (1), kydart (1), pgjacoby2 (1) Member favoritesMembers: nellgwyn, beeswing, blaircai, ZillahSoames, AuraNefertari, beatrizmaturana, thebooky, AmyElizabeth, Ksana84, judithsweet, parcequilfaut, HesterPrynne Azar Nafisi has 4 media appearances. Azar Nafisi Azar Nafisi discusses Reading Lolita in Tehran. —from the publisher's website We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. 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 literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading—Pride and Prejudice, Washington Square, Daisy Miller and Lolita—their Lolita, as they imagined her in Tehran. Nafisi’s account flashes back to the early days of the revolution, when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations. In those frenetic days, the students took control of the university, expelled faculty members and purged the curriculum. When a radical Islamist in Nafisi’s class questioned her decision to teach The Great Gatsby, which he saw as an immoral work that preached falsehoods of “the Great Satan,” she decided to let him put Gatsby on trial and stood as the sole witness for the defense. Azar Nafisi’s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice. (timspalding)… (more) Azar Nafisi has 10 past events. (show)  Author Event 2009 Celebration of Learning Azar Nafisi signs Reading Lolita in Tehran. VIP Reception begins at 6:00 PM - Tickets are $100/each. Friday, November 6, 7 p.m. at Main Library: Support our library and join us for an unforgettable evening with Azar Nafisi as she compels us to think about culture, politics, human rights, and using the transformative power of literature to liberate minds and people. (stephmo)… (more) Azar Nafisi for Things I've Been Silent About Azar Nafisi , Things I've Been Silent About: Memories. Author: Azar Nafisi, the Bestselling Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, teaches at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. To learn more about Azar Nafisi, her life and her work,
visit her website at www.AzarNafisi.com
Title: Things I've Been
Silent About: Memories, $27.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400063611, On Sale Date:
December 30, 2008. Rainy Day Books will have Azar Nafisi's Books
for
Sale at this Author Event.
In her beloved New York Times Bestselling memoir
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi opened her world to us,
offering a vibrant portrait of women’s lives in Iran. Azar returns to Iran
and her childhood in Things I've Been Silent About: Memories to
deliver a moving narrative about a young girl’s pain over family secrets and a
mother’s lost life, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in
literature, and the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by
political upheaval.
What: Azar Nafisi
will talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer
audience questions and she will autograph copies of her new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.
When: Rescheduled because of illness to Wednesday, February 25, 2008, 7:00 PM
Where: A Rainy Day
Books and
Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas
City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone: 816-701-3407,
Reception at 6:30 PM, Discussion at 7:00 PM, and Booksigning at 8:00 PM
Admission: Complimentary and Open to the
General Public. Please Call the Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 for
Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have Azar Nafisi's Books
for Sale at this Author Event. (booksense)… (more) Azar Nafisi for Things I've Been Silent About Azar Nafisi , Things I've Been Silent About: Memories. Author: Azar Nafisi, the Bestselling Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, teaches at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. To learn more about Azar Nafisi, her life and her work,
visit her website at www.AzarNafisi.com
Title: Things I've Been
Silent About: Memories, $27.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400063611, On Sale Date:
December 30, 2008
In her beloved New York Times Bestselling memoir
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi opened her world to us,
offering a vibrant portrait of women’s lives in Iran. Azar returns to Iran
and her childhood in Things I've Been Silent About: Memories to
deliver a moving narrative about a young girl’s pain over family secrets and a
mother’s lost life, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in
literature, and the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by
political upheaval.
What: Azar Nafisi
will talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer
audience questions and she will autograph copies of her new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.
When: Tuesday, February 03, 2008, 7:00 PM
Where: A Rainy Day
Books Author Event at a Location to be Confirmed.
Vivien is working on selecting a venue.
Admission Package (Click on the ADD
TO SHOPPING CART button): $27.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books,
One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
(Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation.
Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the
Notes field of your Online Order. If you choose Option 1 for In-Store
Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online
Order. Thank you. Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.
All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable. (booksense)… (more) Azar Nafisi Azar Nafisi reads from Things I've Been Silent About: Memories. Co-presented with the WASHINGTON CENTER FOR THE BOOK AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Six years ago, Azar Nafisi came to Seattle early in the life of a memoir she had written about teaching literature at university in Tehran—and then teaching a group of young female students who came to her home. Reading Lolita in Tehran in time became a highly praised international bestseller—one of the places with strong early word-of-mouth and interest was Seattle. She is here this evening with a new autobiographical work, Things I've Been Silent About: Memories (Random House). (KingRat)… (more) Azar Nafisi & Marjane Satrapi in Conversation Azar Nafisi discusses Reading Lolita in Tehran.; Marjane Satrapi discusses Persepolis I : The Story of a Childhood. UCLA Live Exclusive “[Reading Lolita…is] a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher.” —Susan Sontag
Azar Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, a moving and often harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and an incisive exploration of the transformative powers of fiction in a world of tyranny. The New York Times best-seller has been translated in 32 languages, earning numerous awards and critical adulation. Expelled from the University of Tehran in 1981 for refusing to wear the veil, Nafisi is a powerful advocate for gender reform, and women’s role in the move towards an open society in Iran. She left Iran for America in 1997, where she currently lives and teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
Nafisi will be joined in discussion by fellow Iranian-born writer Marjane Satrapi, whose eloquent, black and white graphic novel Persepolis was hailed as a dazzlingly singular achievement. Wise, funny and heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Satrapi’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. The highly anticipated release of the animated feature Persepolis, which Satrapi and a team of 90 artists painstakingly drew by hand, is scheduled for theatrical release in fall 2007. (claytonhowl)… (more)
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