Azar Nafisi writes memoir and literary criticism about books, education and intellectual life under political restriction. Reading Lolita in Tehran recounts a private literature class Nafisi held with female students after leaving university teaching in Iran, using works by Nabokov, Austen, Fitzgerald and others to discuss censorship, gender and personal freedom. Things I've Been Silent About turns more directly to family memoir and Iranian political history, while The Republic of Imagination reflects on American literature and the civic role of reading. Nafisi's prose is reflective, literary and argument-led, fitting memoir, books-about-books and political writing on education, censorship and reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is the defining entry point for this blend of memoir and criticism. Reading Lolita in Tehran is the defining entry point because literary discussion and memoir are inseparable in its structure; Things I've Been Silent About is more directly autobiographical, with family relationships and Iranian history taking greater precedence. Read more Less
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