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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at the monthly Members Book Club. The titles on the reading list for September to November have been selected by artist eX de Medici, connecting to ideas presented in ‘eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness’.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003) by Azar Nafisi

• 10.30am, Thu 16 Nov | Members Lounge, QAG
• 3.00pm, Sat 25 Nov | Members Lounge, QAG

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.

Ticket includes light refreshments. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store.

September – November reading list

• Snow (2002) by Orhan Pamuk

• The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang

• Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003) by Azar Nafisi

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