In Azar Nafisi's personal story of growing up in Iran, she shares
her memories of a life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex
mother, against the background of a country's political revolution.
Nafisi's intelligent and complicated mother, disappointed in her
dreams of leading an important and romantic life, created
mesmerising fictions about herself, her family, and her past. But
her daughter soon learned that these narratives of triumph hid as
much as they revealed. When her father began to see other women,
young Azar began to keep his secrets from her mother. 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.
This unforgettable portrait of a woman, a family, and a troubled
homeland is a new triumph from a modern master of the memoir.
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