 A personal story of growing up in Iran
Azar Nafisi is the author of the bestselling “Reading Lolita in Tehran” which documented her creation of a book group with seven female students which met in secret in post-revolution Iran. Now she has written another memoir, this time about her family: “Things I’ve Been Silent About: Memories”. Azar joins Jenni to discuss her stormy relationship with her family and her country, through the years of the Shah during which her mother became an MP and her father was imprisoned, to the revolution in 1979 which brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power and saw Azar sacked from her university post for refusing to wear the veil, and beyond.
Things I’ve Been Silent About: Memories”, published by William Heinemann, ISBN 9780434014033 |
