Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi

Against the tyranny of time and politics, imagine us the way we sometimes didn't dare to imagine ourselves: in our most private and secret moments, in the most extraordinary ordinary instances of life, listening to music, falling in love, walking down the streets or reading Lolita in Tehran. And then imagine us again with all of this confiscated, driven undergroud, taken away from us...

In her memoir, Nafisi paints a vivid picture of life in Tehran throughout the revolution and explores how Iranians, particularly women, attempt to subvert the dehumanizing effects of the regime. It was amazing to see how the simple activities that many of us take for granted are acts of resistance and even something like reading a book or wearing pink socks is defiant and brave.