Things I've been silent about

Author
Nafisi, Azar
Publisher
Random House
Year
2008
Language
English
Call Number
PE64.N34 A3 2008b
ISBN
9781400063611
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
336
Library of Congress Subject Heading
English teachers -- Iran -- Biography
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Women -- Iran -- Biography
Abstract

In this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country’s political revolution. A girl’s pain over family secrets, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by upheaval—these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and “reminds us of why we read in the first place” (Newsday).