Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran", now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution. A girl's pain over family secrets; a young woman's discovery of the power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by political upheaval - these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir. 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. Nafisi's father escaped into narratives of another kind, enchanting his children with classic tales like the "Shahnameh", the "Persian Book of Kings". 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. Reaching back in time to reflect on other generations in the Nafisi family, "Things I've Been Silent About" is also a powerful historical portrait of a family that spans the many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79. It is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women's choices, and how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life. This unforgettable portrait of a woman, a family, and a troubled homeland is a stunning book that readers will embrace, a new triumph from an author who is a modern master of the memoir.

阿扎尔•纳菲西（Azar Nafisi）

约翰•霍普金斯大学客座教授、对外政策研究院的对话研究项目负责人。曾在伊朗的德黑兰大学、自由伊斯兰大学以及阿拉美塔巴塔拜大学教授西方文学。1981年因拒戴头巾，被逐出德黑兰大学。1997年，从伊朗到美国。

纳菲西因为《在德黑兰读<洛丽塔>》引起全世界的关注，她所获得的奖项还包括克里斯托弗•戈勃朗基金会国际思想与人文奖、东与阿冯尼•弗雷泽人权奖、伊丽莎白•安•斯通勇敢女性奖、 美国移民法律基金会移民杰出成就奖、俄克拉荷马大学杰出校友奖等。蒙特霍里约克学院、斯腾山大学、戈切尔学院、巴德学院、以及拿撒勒学院等多个高校均向她授予了荣誉博士学位。

纳菲西的文章广受欢迎，多见于《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《华尔街日报》以及《新共和》等著名媒体。著作另有：《在德黑兰读<洛丽塔>:以阅读来记忆》《反地域：纳博科夫小说的批评性研究》《比比和绿色的声音》《想象共和国》等。