Things I've Been Silent About - Memories of a Prodigal Daughter

Azar Nafisi

Random House

2010

368 páginas

12h 16m

ISBN-10: 0812973909

Nafisi follows up the internationally acclaimed Reading Lolita in Tehran with another memoir, concentrating this time on her unhappy family life. Her mother was vocally nostalgic for her first marriage to a man who died two years after their wedding day, while her father sought the company of other women—not so much for sexual excitement as for emotional stability. Nafisi's parents' relationship was so off-kilter that when her father, the mayor of Tehran, was accused of plotting against the shah and thrown into jail, one of his main hopes was that it would finally reconcile them. Nafisi grew up determined to become the woman [my mother] claimed she had wanted to be, but an adolescent education in England and an impulsive first marriage (followed by college in the U.S.) did not bring the happiness she sought. The calm candor with which she narrates her experiences, from childhood sexual abuse to a frightening confrontation when her second husband argues with a religious zealot over her unscarved hair, provides a solid emotional anchor—and the intimate drama at her memoir's core, the conflicting frustration with a parent and the desire for connection, is one that will resonate with readers everywhere.

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1 (Ruim)

Decepcionante. A autora faz uma auto-biografia em tom de auto-análise, totalmente maçante. Apesar de ser interesse saber como era a vida no Irã pré e pós-revolução de 1979, o foco é a relação da autora com os pais. Duplamente frustante após o excelente "Lendo Lolita em Teerã".