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wedarkacademia · 1 year

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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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asteria-of-the-stars · 1 year

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Grown men preying on young women:

‘If I was some paint did I splatter on a promising grown man? If I was a child did it matter that you got to wash your hands?’ - Taylor Swift, Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve

Alicent Hightower and Viserys Targaryen, House of the Dragon // Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber // Sansa Stark and Petyr Baelish, Game of Thrones // Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran.

Inspired by this post.

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belle-keys · 1 year

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10 book recommendations for if you like Persian culture or Iranian history

Here's another book recommendations post! Please note that I myself am not Persian nor have I ever even been to Iran. These are just some books by Iranian or Iranian-American writers that I enjoyed.

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

- historical fiction, historical romance, based on the 1950s Mossadegh coup, broke my heart into a million pieces, beautiful story, love it

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

- memoir, set between the 70s-90s in Tehran, examines the role of literature and art and censorship in revolution, very feminist work

Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win by Susan Azim Boyer

- YA set in 1979, based around the Revolution and the American media's coverage of it, coming of age story with Iranian-American fmc

They Said They Wanted Revolution by Neda Toloui-Semnani

- memoir, set in the time way before and during the Revolution, about the memoirist's parents roles in the Revolution, super powerful book

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

- YA set after 9/11, Iranian-American fmc dealing with her faith and Islamophobia and family, coming of age story, sad and profound

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adim Khorram

- YA contemporary, persian mc goes to iran and discovers his roots, explores zoroastrianism in Iran, mental health emphasis, pretty funny ngl

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

- graphic novel memoir, relative of the Shah recounts the Revolution as experienced by women and girls in a rapidly changing Iran

The Woman Who Read Too Much by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání

- set in 19th century Iran, about a mystical poetess who has the power of prophecy, themes of mysticism, very lyrical storytelling

The Essential Rumi by Rumi

- poetry, collection of Iran's greatest poet's works, lots of Sufi mysticism and beautiful poems about love and spirituality and the self

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

- YA fantasy, set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient Persia and is a retelling of the Shahnahmeh, there's romance and action

#book rec #book recommendations #persian #iran #farsi #iranian revolution #ya lit #tahereh mafi #the stationery shop #darius the great is not okay #reading lolita in tehran #books and literature #book blog #persepolis #favorite books #ya books #chain of gold

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therefugeofbooks · 2 years

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life in july

#booklr #books #book photography #elena ferrante #my brilliant friend #a amiga genial #books and plants #people #books and readers #reading lolita in tehran #lendo lolita em teerã #azar nafisi #heartstopper #comics #alice oseman #books and sunlight #books and flowers #it's a me!#the refuge of books

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plutorine · 4 months

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i know i said i was just gonna get a haircut but i brought home another find from the secondhand bookstore

looked really interesting; will be reading this alongside tbk and kots (my hyperactive brain needs lots of stimulation rn)

#rin's stuff: rambles #reading lolita in tehran #azar nafisi #azar nafisi; reading lolita in tehran

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mavaffa · 2 years

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"Noi che abitiamo in paesi antichi, spiegai, abbiamo un passato, e non ce ne stacchiamo mai. Loro, gli americani, hanno un sogno: sentono nostalgia per la promessa del futuro".

Azar Nafisi - Leggere Lolita a Teheran

#Leggere lolita a Teheran #Mavaffa #letture #citazioni #libri #lettura #adelphi #reading lolita in tehran #iran #literature #azar nafisi

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linsaad · 3 months

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He is a hero because he refuses to become like all the rest… He cannot change the world, so he re-creates himself according to his dream.

Azar Nafisi

#Reading Lolita in Tehran

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sjstone-author · 10 months

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“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish… I explained that we would in the course of the semester read and discuss many different authors, but that one thing these authors all had in common was their subversiveness. Some like Gorky… were overtly subversive in their political aims. Others, like Fitzgerald and Mark Twain were in my opinion more subversive, if less obviously so… I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in one’s own home. The best fiction always forced us to consider what we took for granted.” from Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran. Reading Lolita in Tehran: These two… | by Bill Evans | The Book Cafe | May, 2023 | Medium

#book reviews #reading lolita in tehran

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everythingisouroboros · 10 months

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Reading the books “1984” and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” one right after the other does something to your brain that can’t be undone.

#1984 book #reading lolita in tehran

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wehavewords · 1 year

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“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. 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

#wehavewords #azar nafisi #Reading Lolita in Tehran #words #quotes #life quotes #life #quotes about life #true words

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anywhereclosertome · 1 year

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"Gli uomini che non si possono avere sono sempre quelli che si desiderano di più." sentenziò Manna con un tono insolitamente acido.

Leggere Lolita a Teheran, Azar Nafisi (2003)

#reading lolita in tehran #azar nafisi

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everythingilearned · 1 year

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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

#quotes #literature #inspiring words #azar nafisi #reading lolita in tehran #books #writing #writers #authors #leaving #loss #bittersweet #relationships #life

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real-liz-zing · 2 years

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Autumn Read #1

#meread #me reads #mereads #me read #2022 booklist #reading lolita in tehran #azar nafisi

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belle-keys · 1 year

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“I was reminded of a painter friend who had started her career by depicting scenes from life, mainly deserted rooms, abandoned houses and discarded photographs of women. Gradually, her work became more abstract, and in her last exhibition, her paintings were splashes of rebellious color, like the two in my living room, dark patches with little droplets of blue. I asked about her progress from modern realism to abstraction. Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams.”

- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (2003)

#reading lolita in tehran #lolita vladimir nabokov #vladimir nabokov #iran #persian #book quotes #memoirs #book blog #books and literature

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therefugeofbooks · 2 years

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Currently reading Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

#booklr #books #book photography #reading lolita in tehran #non-fiction #memoirs #books and coffee #books and food #the refuge of books

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stay-close · 3 months

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You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. 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

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