| الطبعة |
2010 Random House trade pbk. ed. |
| الوصف |
xxi, 341 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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| تبصرة |
Originally published: New York : Random House, 2008. |
| قائمة المراجع |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320). |
| المحتويات |
FAMILY FICTIONS. Saifi -- Rotten genes -- Learning to lie -- Coffee hour -- Family ties -- The holy man -- A death in the family -- LESSONS AND LEARNING. Leaving home -- Rudabeh's story -- At Scotforth House -- Politics and intrigue -- Mayor of Tehran -- Rehearsal for a revolution -- MY FATHER'S JAIL. A common criminal -- The prison diaries -- A career woman -- A suitable match -- Women like that! -- Married life -- REVOLTS AND REVOLUTION. A happy family -- Demonstrations -- Revolution -- The other other woman -- When home is not home anymore -- Reading and resistance -- Broken dreams -- Father's departure -- The goddess of bad news -- Facing the world -- The last dance -- The perils of love -- Moments in 20th-century Iranian history. |
| ملخص |
A memoir offers a portrait of the author's family and childhood in Iran, centered around her powerful mother and her manipulative fictions about herself, as she reflects on women's choices and her own struggle to free herself from her mother's influence. |
| الموضوع |
Nafisi, Azar -- Family.
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Nafisi, Azar.
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Women -- Iran -- Biography.
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English teachers -- Iran -- Biography.
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Nafisi, Azar. (OCoLC)fst00485047.
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English teachers. (OCoLC)fst00912393.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849.
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568.
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Iran. (OCoLC)fst01204889.
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| النوع/الشكل |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686.
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| العنوان الاضافى |
Things I have been silent about. |
| الرقم الدولي الموحد للكتب (ISBN) |
0812973909 |
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9780099487128 |
| الرقم المعيارى |
3137607 |
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