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Things I've Been Silent About:Memories - [29 Dec 2009]
Things I've Been Silent About: Mem-, Just read it and thank the Almighty Lord that you were born in the U.S.A. or don't read it and watch the nightly news or Fox news. Iran will never change and take it's place as a democracy in the world as we as Americans...
born in the U.S.A. or don't read it and watch the nightly news or Fox news. Iran will never...
www.amazon.com/review/R3CL670Q4...
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absolute waste of time - [30 Oct 2009]
I enjoy reading autobiographies and modern, middle-eastern social comentary--both which this book purports to achieve. This book is so self-indulgent. She broadly refers to 30 or so years of Iranian revolution, yet Nafisi never mentions the terrifying...
book purports to achieve. This book is so self-indulgent. She broadly refers to 30 or so...
www.amazon.com/review/R1BP9IZ47...
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great background on Iran - [25 Aug 2009]
If you are interested in learning about this country it is a great book. Easy to read. Interesting. But I think the author is not thoughtful or objective enough. That is the reason for 4,not 5 star
But I think the author is not thoughtful or objective enough. That is the reason ...
www.amazon.com/review/R1UJZ9S0EOUUK...
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Very good read - [20 Aug 2009]
I just finished reading Mrs. Nafisi's book, "Things I've been Silent About". It stirred many emotions in me. I loved it at times. I hated it at times. There were moments I became very sad. I think books of this nature, with heritage, history, and nostalgia...
emotions in me. I loved it at times. I hated it at times. There were moments I became very...
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Slightly Disappointing - [01 Jun 2009]
I really enjoyed "Reading Lolita in Tehran," and was excited that she has written another book. I have been reading about the Middle Eastern cultures and couldn't wait to read Nafisi's book ... but I must confess, I am slightly disappointed with it. Oh...
book. I have been reading about the Middle Eastern cultures and couldn't wait to read Nafisi...
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Not as good as Reading Lolita in Tehran - [08 May 2009]
I did enjoy reading this book, but it was such a personal story that I couldn't really love it. It felt like this was the author's way of trying to heal from the many injustices she faced during her childhood rather than a novel that should be published...
it. It felt like this was the author's way of trying to heal from the many injustices she...
www.amazon.com/review/R2E0B3SMFIDYK...
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The right to imagine - [10 Apr 2009]
In a sequel to Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi takes us on a journey with Vis and Ramin, and Huckleberry Finn. Who would have thought the authors' family life in Tehran, Lancaster England, and Norman, Oklahoma could be so eloquently threaded to represent...
and Huckleberry Finn. Who would have thought the authors' family life in Tehran, Lancaster ...
www.amazon.com/review/RKIQIPR47...
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Sharing family outside the family - [10 Apr 2009]
This is an unabridged photo-autobiography of a well-heeled Iranian-American woman who takes us on a personal journey through maktab school rooms, zoorkhaneh gymnasiums, and bazaaris merchant groups. Yes it is fascinating with revelations of Persian-Iranian...
us on a personal journey through maktab school rooms, zoorkhaneh gymnasiums, and bazaaris...
www.amazon.com/review/RKIQIPR47...
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Whiner - [26 Mar 2009]
Having read READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN I was looking forward to knowing more about the author. I was very dissapointed. I don't like women who whine about their mothers. Mother-daughter relationships are complicated and they are more complicated when both...
I was very dissapointed. I don't like women who whine about their mothers. Mother-daughter...
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Shockingly Calm and Collected Honesty - [24 Mar 2009]
Telling portions of her life that seem to carry the common thread of being at least loosely based on her relations with her family, Nafisi shows daring candidness in Things I've Been Silent about. From a very troubling early childhood, which included ...
based on her relations with her family, Nafisi shows daring candidness in Things I've Been...
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