Azar Nafisi Book Talk & Signing
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 6:30pm
Azar Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which electrified its readers with a compassionate and often harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her students.
Earning high acclaim and an enthusiastic readership, Reading Lolita in Tehran is an incisive exploration of the transformative powers of fiction in a world of tyranny. The book has spent over 117 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Reading Lolita in Tehran has been translated in 32 languages, and has won diverse literary awards.
She will be at West End Library to discuss her book and sign copies.
The DC Public Library celebrates the joy of reading with Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi during its DC Reads citywide reading program from Oct. 15-Nov. 15. Find more information on our DC Reads page.