Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Reading Lolita in Tehran (Record no. 45914)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 009970000a22002050004500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 081297106X 9780812971064
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nafisi, Azar.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Reading Lolita in Tehran
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement PBK
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Random House.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 8/22/2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 356 p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not onl
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Provenance (VM) [OBSOLETE] 42514
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nafisi, Azar.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English literature -- Iran -- Biography.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women -- Books and reading -- Iran.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
General subdivision Group reading -- Iran.
852 ## - LOCATION/CALL NUMBER
-- PBK 820.9 NAF
Holdings
Lost status Collection code Current library Shelving location Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
  Fiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F NAF 34517000244700 F