Azar Nafisi

     Reading Lolita in Tehran
      A Memoir in Books

2005 One Book Greater Hartford Author Event
Saturday, October 22, 2005, 7:00-9:00 PM

Azar Nafisi’s book, Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books is an international sensation. Translated into more than 12 languages and enjoying 92 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, Reading Lolita resonates around the world.
In conversations ranging from Jane Austen to Henry James to Vladimir Nabokov, we journey together, author and reader, through great works of literature in the context of both Cultural Revolution and personal history.

Over 450 people were treated to an extraordinary evening and we thank Dr. Nafisi for her insights and inspiration and for sharing her life.

"Over the years – from college on – I have had opportunities to hear some remarkable people speak/perform – Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Pete Seeger, Joseph Brodsky, Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder, for instance. Azar Nafisi is in a league by herself. Thanks to you guys for making it possible. You’ll have trouble matching her anytime soon." Tim, Hartford

"She was riveting and brilliant and brave and thoughtful and funny and utterly unforgettable.  I will never forget what she said about literature"--"Literature is the guardian of memories." Deborah, New York