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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
خلصت الكتاب بدموع، كانت رحلة ممتعة ومؤلمة بنفس الوقت، آذر هي الي دخلتني للأدب الفارسي، قرأت لها "أن تقرأ لوليتا في طهران" من قبل ومن بعدها قررت أكمل باقي أعمالها.
I loved this book. Nafisi is such a beautiful writer, and the story of her life in an upper-class Iranian family before and after the Revolution was gripping. Her mother was a troubled and vulnerable woman. I admit I don't know how much of my feelings for the book were influenced by my Dad being from Iran, but I think this book has a lot to offer anyone.
This is a memoir by the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. I remember liking 'Lolita' though I didn't always get all the literary references and I liked Nafisi's talk at the DC Book Festival but she does use a lot of words to make her point sometimes. She can get a bit tedious. But I enjoyed this memoir and learned quite a lot about the history of Iran without having to actually read history. One more reminder that totalitarian regimes are not ideal.
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I really enjoyed this book. I liked the history of the author's family intertwined with the political history of Iran (by no means comprehensive). I did think it meandered a bit, focusing too much on the author's mother's "quirks." But it was a good read.
Very good book. I like the way the book weaved the relationship between a mother and her daughter and the history of Iran and the Iranian Revolution. Also, there were a lot of pictures in the book.
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this book was okay, but just okay, and i expected more. the time line was confusing, and at times seemed contradictory. the author was a bit, um, shallow. though she did mention the tragedy of the iran/iraq war, it felt like she was looking at it through a window rather than living it. i read it on the heels of a similar book written by an afghan woman during the russion occupation, so i couldn't help comparing the two. this one was sorely lacking. i haven't read reading lolita in tehran, but i hope for more meat.
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