Things I've Been Silent about: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter

图书标准信息

• 作者 Azar Nafisi 著
• 出版社 Windmill
• 出版时间 2010-01
• ISBN 9780099487128
• 定价 78.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

InAzarNafisi'spersonalstoryofgrowingupinIran,sheshareshermemoriesofalifelivedinthralltoapowerfulandcomplexmother,againstthebackgroundofacountry'spoliticalrevolution.Nafisi'sintelligentandcomplicatedmother,disappointedinherdreamsofleadinganimportantandromanticlife,createdmesmerisingfictionsaboutherself,herfamily,andherpast.Butherdaughtersoonlearnedthatthesenarrativesoftriumphhidasmuchastheyrevealed.Whenherfatherbegantoseeotherwomen,youngAzarbegantokeephissecretsfromhermother.Nafisi'scomplicityinthesechildhooddramasultimatelyledhertoresistremainingsilentaboutotherpersonaluaswellaspolitical,cultural,andsocialuinjustices.ThingsI'veBeenSilentAboutisalsoapowerfulhistoricalpictureofafamilythatspansthemanyperiodsofchangeleadinguptotheIslamicRevolutionof1978-79.Thisunforgettableportraitofawoman,afamily,andatroubledhomelandisanewtriumphfromamodernmasterofthememoir.

【作者简介】

AzarNafisiisavisitingprofessorandthedirectoroftheDialogueProjectattheForeignPolicyInstituteofJohnsHopkinsUniversity.In1981shewasexpelledfromtheUniversityofTehranafterrefusingtoweartheveil.In1994shewonateachingfellowshipfromOxfordUniversity,andin1997sheandherfamilyleftIranforAmerica.ShehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheWallStreetJournal,andTheNewRepublicandhasappearedoncountlessradioandtelevisionprogrammes.ShelivesinWashington,DC,withherhusbandandtwochildren.