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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
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November 1, 2017
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December 31, 2017
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Nov/Dec Book! Reading Lolita
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If you’ve read Lolita, you may be able to see how for certain times and places, it would be a rather scan…more

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Reading Lolita in Tehran Review
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Kim Hill-Tout
Dec 28, 2016 rated it liked it
The picture that this book paints is that of an escape to a true republic where they all are capable of discovering another reality. That of themselves. Azar reflects at the end of her book that to be able to have good governance, we require open dialogue among the real actors in our lives, and about those in literature- those that reflect our reality.
It was both interesting and infuriating to live the lives of the 8 women in this novel. The reminiscing about lives once had, and the frustration
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