I'm very much looking forward to reading this book - "A memoir about teaching western literature in revolutionary Iran, with profound and fascinating insights into both. A masterpiece."

I will send this out as a bookring as soon as I read it - PM me if you'd like to join.

3/30/04: Going to Newk in the Australian m-bag from MarciNYC. Newk has agreed to send it out as an ANZ bookring. The interested participants so far are:

1. Newk (Australia; int'l)
2. FushMush (Australia)
3. Murmurr (Australia; ANZ)
4. Fuji (Sydney, Australia) <-- removed; not responding to PMs
5. EDDI (Australia)
6. Newk (Australia) <--- book is here now (received 03/09/05)

This is one of the finds of the M bag from marci and friends. I really want to read this NOW but other books and duties prevent that, so it's off to FushMush with a request to add me in later please.
And yuuuuuuu whooooooooo I know why it's jamesMUM and not JamesMOM. Betcha all want to know.

They turned me into a newt but I got better. Anyone know of Ken Livingstone. He is interested in newts!
It is still with me. Will soon be off to fushy. I wanted to find all her books.
Thanks again to jamesmum (by the way do you have any other children?? If so why pick out James. Are the others upset?...just asking)
And hugs and kisses to Marci

edited 29/9/04 to register jelicle's interest

Newk is the new Santa Claus! I got this today in a package with a number of other books. I feel so speshul! This goes on the bookray pile and I'll be reading and then sending it on as soon as I can.

I'm in two minds about this book. There were things that I liked and things that I disliked.
I didn't really know much about what had happened in Iran so I found the historical information very interesting. It's disgraceful how women and so-called dissidents were treated. I also enjoyed her discussion of the themes and characters of novels like The Great Gatsby, Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Although I haven't read many of the novels discussed I'll certainly seek them out in the future. Just what I need, more books on my wishlist!

However, I found _Reading Lolita in Tehran_ to be very disjointed and there didn't really seem to be any order to the novel. Rather, it seemed to be just a collection of her memories. I found it hard to relate to some characters as I'd forgotten who they when they were mentioned later in the book.

The book did score us a couple of points at trivia one week. We got two questions "Who was the author of The Great Gatsby?" and "What country was formerly Persia?". I was able to answer both of these because I'd recently read _Reading Lolita in Tehran_.

will be posting this to murmurr sometime this week.

Has arrived. Thanks jamesmum and fushmush :^)

Figured I had better make my journal entry now to let everyone know what was going on with this book.

Really enjoyed this book! Despite its disjointedness it gave an interesting insight into the what it was like to live in Tehran and how the events that were unfolding affected the lives of those there. The discussion of the books they read has prompted me to seek out those I haven't yet read and re-read those that I have. This book provided much food for thought.

Now on to what is happening... I finished the book back in December (naughty me for having it so long!) but to compound my tardyness getting to this book I've not yet been able to locate an address to forward it on to.

I haven't been able to raise fuji who is next on the list and eddi who is after is away on holidays. So I will send it on to eddi when she is back from holidays and I have the address, unless I hear from fuji in the mean time.

My apologies to all for holding this very interesting book up for so long.

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to EDDI

Received today, thanks! Will get to it soon....

Eddi has shamed me by sending this book to me before I have sent off a few books to her.

Thankfully I seem to be last on the list.
I say thankfully because I am getting even more book overload!

So into the pile it goes.

I stopped signing up for rings, beyond one or two, many moons again BUT they still keep coming.

So it there may be a delay til I get to this again.

Great big hello to you all

The book travelled to Perth on family holiday but I didn't get to read it. But it's getting closer to the top of the pile.

And note to self...lisagt would like it next

I DO want to read it, but have hung on too long. so put into a bag of books for my sister and her family to try and get some new converts