tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post1640195043155725617..comments2023-08-25T06:11:48.561-04:00Comments on Kate's Bookcase: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar NafisiKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12390357169573998035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post-64822401042401683782011-04-17T18:41:21.288-04:002011-04-17T18:41:21.288-04:00John - that is another good point. I too relate t...John - that is another good point. I too relate to the world around me in part by the books that I read.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390357169573998035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post-18023623197775088582011-04-10T23:02:59.660-04:002011-04-10T23:02:59.660-04:00I loved this book for making me rethink how much I...I loved this book for making me rethink how much I am affected by what I read. I'm glad you enjoyed it.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post-35227166634098824312011-04-06T19:55:12.198-04:002011-04-06T19:55:12.198-04:00I bought it a while ago, but haven't read it y...I bought it a while ago, but haven't read it yetljhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585596453791170292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post-56886949374587050892011-04-06T17:35:55.372-04:002011-04-06T17:35:55.372-04:00lj - I'm finding enough NF to read without del...lj - I'm finding enough NF to read without delving into Iggy's family memoir!!! Have you read it? Is it readable?<br /><br />That is a very valid point about the hijab. I think that one point though is that it was something that she could rebel against. She couldn't rebel against the rapes and torture and false imprisonments (otherwise she probably would have been raped and tortured herself) but she could rebel against and protest the hijab. But you are right in saying that she didn't touch as deeply on what was going on in the wider context of the Islamic Republic of Iran - it was much more a telling of her personal story.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390357169573998035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782632681107809954.post-19432128775614237342011-04-06T10:54:43.395-04:002011-04-06T10:54:43.395-04:00I can send you "True Patriot Love" that ...I can send you "True Patriot Love" that you can read if you want some more non-fiction ;)<br /><br />I didn't like the book because I thought Azar N was trying to show how smart she was with her essays on the Novels that were scattered into the book. <br /><br />I also didn't like how she was thrown into a great depression over having to wear the hijab to work when there were much, much, much more terrible things happening in tehran and iran at the time. She spent so much time in the book talking about something that really didn't matter compared to women being tortured, raped and executed by the regime and little boys being sent to war with Iraq with promises of going to Heaven. I think in that respects, she trivialized the more serious things that were going on at that time. Arash's best friend's uncle was arrested, tortured and murdered in the early 80s for being a communist. Being forced to wear the hijab is NOT that big of a deal.ljhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585596453791170292noreply@blogger.com