00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Nafisi, Azar aut Verfasser/-in Englisch für Fortgeschrittene Leser Memoir Meetings forbidden discussions thursday dreams search for beauty TEHERAN Secret western literature transformative power books own stories Iran Englisch living room magic of words hopes autobiografical women Reading Lolita in Tehran a Memoir in Books Azar Nafisi USA Penguin Books 2015 Penguin Classics Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments. 9780241246238 9780241246238 0241246237 0241246237 eng 347 Seiten