Azar Nafisi

b. 1948

Books: 11
Followers: 1

About

Azar Nafisi is the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran. She writes about literature and its power in challenging social and political restrictions.

Top genres

Non-Fiction Politics & Society Essays Biography & Memoir Biography

Also known as

آذر نفيسي

Featured works

Start here4.3

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Azar Nafisi

A Memoir in Books #1

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Lire Lolita à Téhéran

Azar Nafisi

That Other World

Azar Nafisi

Shirin Neshat

Abbas Milani

Republic of Imagination

Azar Nafisi

Series

Reading Lolita in Tehran

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