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.

阿紮爾•納菲西（Azar Nafisi）

約翰•霍普金斯大學客座教授、對外政策研究院的對話研究項目負責人。曾在伊朗的德黑蘭大學、自由伊斯蘭大學以及阿拉美塔巴塔拜大學教授西方文學。1981年因拒戴頭巾，被逐齣德黑蘭大學。1997年，從伊朗到美國。

納菲西因為《在德黑蘭讀<洛麗塔>》引起全世界的關注，她所獲得的奬項還包括剋裏斯托弗•戈勃朗基金會國際思想與人文奬、東與阿馮尼•弗雷澤人權奬、伊麗莎白•安•斯通勇敢女性奬、 美國移民法律基金會移民傑齣成就奬、俄剋拉荷馬大學傑齣校友奬等。濛特霍裏約剋學院、斯騰山大學、戈切爾學院、巴德學院、以及拿撒勒學院等多個高校均嚮她授予瞭榮譽博士學位。

納菲西的文章廣受歡迎，多見於《紐約時報》《華盛頓郵報》《華爾街日報》以及《新共和》等著名媒體。著作另有：《在德黑蘭讀<洛麗塔>:以閱讀來記憶》《反地域：納博科夫小說的批評性研究》《比比和綠色的聲音》《想象共和國》等。