Azar Nafisi



Azar Nafisi

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born December 01, 1955
gender female
place of birth Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
genre Nonfiction

about this author

Azar Nafisi, Ph.D. (Persian: آذر نفیسی) (born December 1955) is an Iranian professor and writer who currently resides in the United States.

Nafisi's bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books has gained a great deal of public attention and been translated into 32 languages.


books by Azar Nafisi

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avg rating: 3.41 | 10041 ratings | 2 distinct works
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Me... Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback)
by Azar Nafisi
avg rating 3.41 — 9812 ratings — published 2003
22 editions
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Things I've Been Silent About Things I've Been Silent About (Audio CD)
by Azar Nafisi
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
2 editions
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"[W]hat we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth."
Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books)
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"Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth."
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"You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again."
Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books)
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