Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. ... ― Azar Nafisi, Things I've Been Silent About. Azar Nafisi is an Iranian academic and writer who has resided in the United States since 1997 when she emigrated from Iran. Things I've Been Silent About is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women's choices, and on how the author found the inspiration for a different kind of life. Praise for Things I've Been Silent About “Deeply felt . . Early in Azar Nafisi's memoir, she discovers that her father's autobiography has been shorn, for publication, of all intimate revelation. . Things I've been silent about : memories of a prodigal daughter by Nafisi, Azar. Things I’ve Been Silent About is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women’s choices, and on how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life. . In A New Memoir, Azar Nafisi Breaks Her Silence February 10, 2009 • Set against the backdrop of a changing Iran, the author's Things I've Been Silent About shares the personal story of her family. No dates, no concrete facts, nothing that went outside my mother's set script. 1. She has published a children’s book, BiBi and the Green Voice (2006), and is author of a memoir about her mother titled, Things I’ve Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter (2009). . Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi A memoir by the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran is only slightly undone by the bile directed at her mother, says Jean Hannah Edelstein Are there things you have been silent about, and why? 2. BONUS: This edition contains a Things I've Been Silent About discussion guide. Things I've Been Silent About: Memories [Nafisi, Azar] on Amazon.com.au. Looking back, which parent ultimately had the most influence on the author’s life? Nafisi's new memoir, Things I've Been Silent About, covers a lot of the same ground as Reading Lolita, but begins and ends with the author's difficulties with her mother. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/review/azar-nafisi-things-ive-been-silent-about Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives readers a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in Iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change. Things I’ve Been Silent About is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women’s choices, and on how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life. Azar Nafisi tells a more personal story of her life in Iran. 29 quotes from Things I've Been Silent About: ‘I no longer believe that we can keep silent. Azar Nafisi is a visiting professor and the director of the Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. tags: family-dynamics, father-daughter-relationship , ... stealing their memories, rewriting their histories, and imposing on them a state-sanctioned identity. BONUS: This edition contains a Things I've Been Silent About discussion guide. an affecting account of a family’s struggle.”—New York Times “A gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to … Things I’ve Been Silent About. All that remains is an edited account of a public life. Nafisi has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. We never really do, mind you. In this memoir, Nafisi candidly describes the positive and the negative aspects of her childhood relationship with both her father and her mother. A few years ago, at a family gathering, I ran into a lovely Austrian lady, the wife of a distant relative, who had been present at my mother's wedding to Saifi. What are Nafisi’s “things I’ve been silent about”? Things I've been silent about : memories by Nafisi, Azar. Buy Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter 01 by Nafisi, Azar (ISBN: 9780099487128) from Amazon's Book Store. Stream Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi, read by Naila Azad by PRH Audio from desktop or your mobile device an affecting account of a family’s struggle.”—New York Times “A gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to … Things I've Been Silent About: Memories Publication date 2008 Topics Nafisi, Azar, Nafisi, Azar, Authors, Iranian, Women Publisher New York : Random House Collection Praise for Things I've Been Silent About “Deeply felt . Nafisi’s complicity in these childhood dramas ultimately led her to resist remaining silent about other personal – as well as political, cultural, and social – injustices. Things I’ve Been Silent About is also a powerful historical picture of a family that spans the many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79. Things I’ve Been Silent About is a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country’s political revolution. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/things-ive-been-silent-about_azar-nafisi/339805 Things I’ve Been Silent About is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women’s choices, and on how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life. Things I've been silent about : memories Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Ve Been Silent About “ Deeply felt has resided in the United States since 1997 when she emigrated from.! 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