Second-hand Time
Svetlana Alexievich
In Second-hand Time, her masterpiece, 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich brings together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a culture and to surmise what new kind of man may emerge from the rubble.
Reading Lolita in Tehran
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An essential book—and a powerful reminder never to take our freedoms for granted, nor to tolerate intolerance.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom.
Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of words and the search for beauty in life's darkest moments.
DETAILS
- Author
- Azar Nafisi
- Original language
- English
- First published
- 2003
- Genre
- Memoir & Biography · Art & Culture
- Collections
- Country of the Month
- Publisher
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- This edition
- July 2015
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780241246238
- Language
- English
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