Remarkable...an eloquent brief on the transformative power of fiction.
—New York Times
Azar Nafisi is best-known as the author of the bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, an electrifying account of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her seven female students as they studied The Great Gatsby, Lolita, and other classics in the privacy of Nafisi’s home while the world around them crumbled. A publishing sensation, Nafisi’s book has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list as the author has become internationally recognized for her advocacy on behalf of Iran’s intellectuals, youth, and women.
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