Scan barcode
A review by tipsybookworm
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi
3.0
3.5
Through a series of letters to her late father, Azar Nafisi reflects on life in Trump’s America and her years living under the totalitarian regime in Iran. Using the works of Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and more, ‘Reading Dangerously’ discusses the necessity of literature and its impactful relationship with politics.
Through a series of letters to her late father, Azar Nafisi reflects on life in Trump’s America and her years living under the totalitarian regime in Iran. Using the works of Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and more, ‘Reading Dangerously’ discusses the necessity of literature and its impactful relationship with politics.