Book Chat
Join the West Hempstead Public Library community as we discuss the book
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi.
Copies of the selection will be available in August for pickup at the circulation desk in the library.
Join the West Hempstead Public Library community as we discuss the book
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi.
Copies of the selection will be available in August for pickup at the circulation desk in the library.
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. From “Random House Reader’s Guide."
Call (516) 481-6591 to register for the WHPL Book Chat
on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 P.M.
on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 P.M.