Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
- 作者
- 出版社 WILLIAM HEINEMANN
- 出版时间 2009年4月 第1版
- ISBN 9780434014033
- 定价 169.20
内容简介
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.
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