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Azar nafisi s book things ive been silent about portrays a sad and somewhat tragic life filled with grief and melancholy. She has resided in the united states since 1997 and became an american. Azar nafisi, author of the international bestseller reading lolita in tehran, now gives readers a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of iran during a time of revolution and change. Publication date 2008 topics nafisi, azar, nafisi, azar, authors, iranian, women. Raised amid privilege and wealth in tehran in the 1950s and 60s, the author became aware early on that her parents marriage. In this stunning personal story of growing up in iran, azar nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a countrys political revolution. Buy the paperback book things ive been silent about. I cannot say that i came away from things i have been silent about with a fuller.
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Nafisis belief in the power of culture to transform lives and societies is inspiring the times. An account of growing up under a chilly, tyrannical parent in a changing iran, by the author of reading lolita in tehran 2003 an adversarial relationship with her mother defined the choices she made in her life, writes nafisi, who now lives in washington, d. Things ive been silent about by azar nafisi waterstones. Download or stream things ive been silent about by azar nafisi. As a native of iran, she was caught between her personal family ties and the oppressive islamic regime. Reading lolita in tehran download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl.
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