Why does Nafisi spend so much time describing the members of her reading group? What different motives may have brought these readers to Nafisi's apartment? We might noimalJy thjnk of reading as a...

Why does Nafisi spend so much time describing the members of her reading group? What different motives may have brought these readers to Nafisi's apartment? We might noimalJy thjnk of reading as a solita1y activity, unJjke watching movies or sports; why was it so impo1tant for the women to meet together as a group?