A review by book_concierge
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

3.0

This memoir asks "why should anyone read fiction?" We had a great discussion, but we wanted to know more about the lives of the students. At times it read more like an academic paper, using Western authors to express THIS author's views on the Iranian Revolution. I felt she was lecturing, and found it boring.

I had just read "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo" for my other book club (discussion the night before this one), and I missed the personal connection with the students / book club members evident in that book.