← Azar NafisiThe Republic of Imaginationby Azar NafisiEssay collection celebrating literature's power to resist oppressionFind on Amazon↗About the authorAzar NafisiIranian-American author and academic whose memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran became a global bestseller. Her work explores the relationship between literature and political freedom in Iran. She is one of the most celebrated Iranian writers in English.More by Azar NafisiReading Lolita in TehranIranian women study forbidden Western literature secretly in postrevolution Tehran→Things I've Been Silent AboutMemoir exploring Iran's 1953 coup and family trauma across generations→That Other World→
