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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Consiglio di leggere prima:
- Lolita
- Il grande Gatsby
- Daisy Miller
- Orgoglio e pregiudizio
Sia per apprezzare maggiormente l'analisi di queste opere, sia perché contiene delle anticipazioni sulla loro trama.
- Lolita
- Il grande Gatsby
- Daisy Miller
- Orgoglio e pregiudizio
Sia per apprezzare maggiormente l'analisi di queste opere, sia perché contiene delle anticipazioni sulla loro trama.
http://www.literaryfeline.com/2010/11/from-archives-reading-lolita-in-tehran.html
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Da leggere piano perché ogni pagina è veramente densissima, se non addirittura dolorosa; avrei soltanto accelerato il ritmo in alcuni punti
Da leggere piano perché ogni pagina è veramente densissima, se non addirittura dolorosa; avrei soltanto accelerato il ritmo in alcuni punti
Really was not into this book. I rarely put a book down, but I read about 30 pages and just could not take her smugness any more. Sorry Azar Nafisi. Maybe I'll try again later, but probably not.
fantabulous.
A must read for anyone who loves literature. Nafisi narrates her ordeals as an English university teacher in the clerical ruled Iran of 80 ' s and 90's. She also charters the reader (along with her secret students) through her various beloved novels and authors. Though I didn't understand each and every aspect of what she said, I immensely enjoyed reading this book.
This surely deserves a second, thorough read, but after some time, after finishing all the literary works she has mentioned here, and after reading up the political history of Iran.
This is a must - read for anyone who loves English literature.
A must read for anyone who loves literature. Nafisi narrates her ordeals as an English university teacher in the clerical ruled Iran of 80 ' s and 90's. She also charters the reader (along with her secret students) through her various beloved novels and authors. Though I didn't understand each and every aspect of what she said, I immensely enjoyed reading this book.
This surely deserves a second, thorough read, but after some time, after finishing all the literary works she has mentioned here, and after reading up the political history of Iran.
This is a must - read for anyone who loves English literature.
She did not hold my interest long enough for me to finish the book, but I actually did admire her writing. I was not put off by her style, but the content was too surface-level. I felt like I was sitting through an English class, hearing a lecture on books I hadn't read. She was good at going into depth with other authors' works, but she didn't wholly share her characters with the reader (at least in the first third of the book that I completed.) Her story is interesting, but I wanted to understand the unique people in it better that I can only experience through her, rather than the breakdown of novels that I can read myself.
I read this book having already read Lolita, Pride and Prejudice, and The Great Gatsby which made my experience more enjoyable than one who hasn't read any of the books she mentions. Nafisi's ability to pain a perfect picture of the images forming in her mind while writing is uncanny. She's an amazing writer and knows exactly how to retell a true story and perfectly reproducing her feelings in the reader. I loved this book and recommend it to anyone who has any sort of prejudice or stereotypical tendency towards women in hijabs or Muslims in general. Nafisi explains perfectly how what we found disturbing on the news was their life and few people were agreeable to it.
This is a wonderful book about books and fiction and the power they have both to transport us and to give us insight into our lives. An excellent book for book lovers and women...and men too; particularly men who would attempt to tell women what their rights should be.
AR 3.5
I think I would have rated this higher if I hadn't been in a slumpy mood. It picked up at the end for me, when I started coming out of it. However, some parts were repetitive.
I think I would have rated this higher if I hadn't been in a slumpy mood. It picked up at the end for me, when I started coming out of it. However, some parts were repetitive.
For such a much-beloved book, I expected more. It's a beautiful memoir that offers a glimpse into Iranian life shortly pre-revolution and much of the time after, relating the experiences of the revolution & government crackdown and the Iran-Iraq war, with which many Americans may not be familiar. The novels referenced add and extra depth to a point, but I found the works with which I am personally unfamiliar distracted from the narrative, rather than adding to it. Contrary to the advice I was given, I recommend reading "Lolita," "The Great Gatsby," some Henry James, & "Pride and Prejudice" before reading this.
Still recommend for those book lovers looking for an introduction to Iranian life pre- and post-revolution.
Still recommend for those book lovers looking for an introduction to Iranian life pre- and post-revolution.