{"title":"Books by Azar Nafisi","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241246238","title":"Reading Lolita in Tehran","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of \u003ci\u003eLolita, The Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAzar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201562771634,"sku":"9780241246238","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241246238_aabe0a6d-452b-4f8e-9d22-b54f7ca7e525.jpg?v=1786012633"},{"product_id":"9780099558934","title":"The Republic of Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTen years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223814484341,"sku":"9780099558934","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099558934_21086385-b3dc-4480-96fd-a71de12eff03.jpg?v=1786011842"},{"product_id":"9780099487128","title":"Things I've Been Silent About","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Azar Nafisi's personal story of growing up in Iran, she shares her memories of a life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNafisi's intelligent and complicated mother, disappointed in her dreams of leading an important and romantic life, created mesmerising fictions about herself, her family, and her past.  But her daughter soon learned that these narratives of triumph hid as much as they revealed.  When her father began to see other women, young Azar began to keep his secrets from her mother. Nafisi's complicity in these childhood dramas ultimately led her to resist remaining silent about other personal - as well as political, cultural, and social - injustices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings I've Been Silent About\u003c\/i\u003e is also a powerful historical picture of a family that spans the many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79.  This unforgettable portrait of a woman, a family, and a troubled homeland is a new triumph from a modern master of the memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223944376693,"sku":"9780099487128","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099487128_19fcb304-fb3d-47af-bbf0-6fed0e27e64e.jpg?v=1786011363"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-azar-nafisi.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}