Today we announce our first book for PTPI’s Global Book Club, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
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There are many ways to become involved. Serve as the founder of a PTPI book club within your community or chapter; read along individually and post thoughts on the PTPI Blog; or take our suggested books to your existing book club. Register today to learn about the books early and receive resources to add to your reading experience.
Follow this link to videos by PTPI’s President/CEO Mary Jean Eisenhower and a special Arabic welcome from PTPI’s Middle East/Africa Liaison Ahmed Roushdy.
Please join us as we journey into the recent history of Iran through the eyes of a book club like our own!
Reading Lolita in Tehran remained on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 100 weeks and has been translated into 32 languages. Published in 2003, this is Nafisi’s memoir, sharing stories about her life and those of the women in her book club intertwined with great works of literature and historical events in Iran.
For each book chosen by our President/CEO Mary Jean Eisenhower, we will have 3-4 staff members reading along and sharing thoughts here on PTPI’s blog.
PTPI Staff Readers Rosanne Rosen, Jill Helsel and Kristine Knutter discuss Reading Lolita in Tehran
Next week we will introduce the staff readers for Reading Lolita in Tehran, in their own words.
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.
I have been reading Loloita in Tehran. I find I can only read a couple off chapters a sitting. Each page evokes memories and generates deep thinking. It is a very mind cleansing experience.
I am looking forward to reading this book!