Reading Lolita in Tehran  (English, Paperback, Nafisi Azar)

While I was in between pages of lolita-by Nabokov and mentioned it my friend, she told me If I liked it I should surely go by this one here from Azar NAfisi
This book is in four parts where Nafisi with her 8 students starts a book club,in Tehran under the scrutiny of Revolution Guards,at her place. They take up forbidden works of literature;experience and discuss them among themselves.
For people like me and many,from outside tehran, its a Journey;an eye-opener! I keep it in my gold shelf! Mu...

The book is written by a woman who knows her books, her authors and the world every reader inhabits. She unravels the stories hidden in each book and weaves in her own life stories as she traces Iran's history during the revolution.
I bought the book expecting it to talk about Lolita but what it did was make me reread Lolita again now with a clearer prespective as well as brought to the forefront many other great reads too.
Each character in the book is someone you know, empathise or atleast ...

I like the story though the paper quality is not as good as per the cost of the book ...