Things I've Been Silent About: Memories

作者: AZAR NAFISI 著

出版社: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

出版时间: 2009-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780434014033

定价: 169.20

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 368页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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AzarNafisi,authoroftheinternationalbestseller"ReadingLolitainTehran",nowgivesusastunningpersonalstoryofgrowingupinIran,memoriesofherlifelivedinthralltoapowerfulandcomplexmother,againstthebackgroundofacountry'spoliticalrevolution.Agirl'spainoverfamilysecrets;ayoungwoman'sdiscoveryofthepowerofsensualityinliterature;thepriceafamilypaysforfreedominacountrybesetbypoliticalupheaval-theseandotherthreadsarewoventogetherinthisbeautifulmemoir.Nafisi'sintelligentandcomplicatedmother,disappointedinherdreamsofleadinganimportantandromanticlife,createdmesmerisingfictionsaboutherself,herfamily,andherpast.Butherdaughtersoonlearnedthatthesenarrativesoftriumphhidasmuchastheyrevealed.Nafisi'sfatherescapedintonarrativesofanotherkind,enchantinghischildrenwithclassictaleslikethe"Shahnameh",the"PersianBookofKings".Whenherfatherbegantoseeotherwomen,youngAzarbegantokeephissecretsfromhermother.Nafisi'scomplicityinthesechildhooddramasultimatelyledhertoresistremainingsilentaboutotherpersonal-aswellaspolitical,cultural,andsocial-injustices.ReachingbackintimetoreflectonothergenerationsintheNafisifamily,"ThingsI'veBeenSilentAbout"isalsoapowerfulhistoricalportraitofafamilythatspansthemanyperiodsofchangeleadinguptotheIslamicRevolutionof1978-79.Itis,finally,adeeplypersonalreflectiononwomen'schoices,andhowAzarNafisifoundtheinspirationforadifferentkindoflife.Thisunforgettableportraitofawoman,afamily,andatroubledhomelandisastunningbookthatreaderswillembrace,anewtriumphfromanauthorwhoisamodernmasterofthememoir. AzarNafisiisavisitingprofessorandthedirectoroftheDialogueProjectattheForeignPolicyInstituteofJohnsHopkinsUniversity.ShehastaughtWesternliteratureattheUniversityofTehran,theFreeIslamicUniversity,andtheUniversityofAllamehTabatabaiinIran.In1981shewasexpelledfromtheUniversityofTehranafterrefusingtoweartheveil.In1994shewonateachingfellowshipfromOxfordUniversity,andin1997sheandherfamilyleftIranforAmerica.ShehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheWallStreetJournal,andTheNewRepublicandhasappearedoncountlessradioandtelevisionprograms.ShelivesinWashington,DC,withherhusbandandtwochildren.www.azarnafisi.com
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AzarNafisi,authoroftheinternationalbestseller"ReadingLolitainTehran",nowgivesusastunningpersonalstoryofgrowingupinIran,memoriesofherlifelivedinthralltoapowerfulandcomplexmother,againstthebackgroundofacountry'spoliticalrevolution.Agirl'spainoverfamilysecrets;ayoungwoman'sdiscoveryofthepowerofsensualityinliterature;thepriceafamilypaysforfreedominacountrybesetbypoliticalupheaval-theseandotherthreadsarewoventogetherinthisbeautifulmemoir.Nafisi'sintelligentandcomplicatedmother,disappointedinherdreamsofleadinganimportantandromanticlife,createdmesmerisingfictionsaboutherself,herfamily,andherpast.Butherdaughtersoonlearnedthatthesenarrativesoftriumphhidasmuchastheyrevealed.Nafisi'sfatherescapedintonarrativesofanotherkind,enchantinghischildrenwithclassictaleslikethe"Shahnameh",the"PersianBookofKings".Whenherfatherbegantoseeotherwomen,youngAzarbegantokeephissecretsfromhermother.Nafisi'scomplicityinthesechildhooddramasultimatelyledhertoresistremainingsilentaboutotherpersonal-aswellaspolitical,cultural,andsocial-injustices.ReachingbackintimetoreflectonothergenerationsintheNafisifamily,"ThingsI'veBeenSilentAbout"isalsoapowerfulhistoricalportraitofafamilythatspansthemanyperiodsofchangeleadinguptotheIslamicRevolutionof1978-79.Itis,finally,adeeplypersonalreflectiononwomen'schoices,andhowAzarNafisifoundtheinspirationforadifferentkindoflife.Thisunforgettableportraitofawoman,afamily,andatroubledhomelandisastunningbookthatreaderswillembrace,anewtriumphfromanauthorwhoisamodernmasterofthememoir.
作者简介:
AzarNafisiisavisitingprofessorandthedirectoroftheDialogueProjectattheForeignPolicyInstituteofJohnsHopkinsUniversity.ShehastaughtWesternliteratureattheUniversityofTehran,theFreeIslamicUniversity,andtheUniversityofAllamehTabatabaiinIran.In1981shewasexpelledfromtheUniversityofTehranafterrefusingtoweartheveil.In1994shewonateachingfellowshipfromOxfordUniversity,andin1997sheandherfamilyleftIranforAmerica.ShehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheWallStreetJournal,andTheNewRepublicandhasappearedoncountlessradioandtelevisionprograms.ShelivesinWashington,DC,withherhusbandandtwochildren.www.azarnafisi.com

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