“Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams.” - Reading Lolita in Tehran
For those of you interested in literature, I highly recommend Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran. Nafisi is an Iranian writer who has been living in the United States since 1997. This short-read published in 2003 is a memoir from the experiences of the author, who was teaching in Iran during the revolution. In a fast-paced, captivating narration, she recounts her refusal to wear the veil, leading to her expulsion from the university. The highlight of the book is the formation of the book club, a group that finally provides Iranian women with a voice to reveal their own thoughts, opinions, fears and dreams.
In an interview, Nafisi revealed that the title of her memoir is associated with Vladimir Nobokov's classic, and serves as a metaphor to describe the oppression of the Iranian regime. According to her, "an ayatollah comes to Iran and likes to impose his dream upon our reality, turning us into figments of our imagination. And that is what Lolita is basically about, the crime of solipsizing another person's life."
In an interview, Nafisi revealed that the title of her memoir is associated with Vladimir Nobokov's classic, and serves as a metaphor to describe the oppression of the Iranian regime. According to her, "an ayatollah comes to Iran and likes to impose his dream upon our reality, turning us into figments of our imagination. And that is what Lolita is basically about, the crime of solipsizing another person's life."
The non-fiction was in the New York Times best-selling list for more than one hundred weeks and has been translated into thirty two languages.
Sources:
"Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books." Booknotes., 08 June 2003. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
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