The republic of imagination: America in three books
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9780670026067
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| Grouped Work ID | 547b96f5-c62d-73d3-a220-6264133b5cd9 |
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| Grouping Title | republic of imagination america in three books |
| Grouping Author | azar nafisi |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-04-02 05:09:40AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-08-04 05:15:03AM |
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The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran presents an impassioned tribute to the importance of fiction to democracy that blends memoir with close readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
"A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination,' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--
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9780670026067
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2014
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Viking Adult
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American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States
Books and reading -- United States
English teachers -- United States -- Biography
Iranian American women -- Biography
Lewis, Sinclair, -- 1885-1951. -- Babbitt
McCullers, Carson, -- 1917-1967. -- Heart is a lonely hunter
Nafisi, Azar
National characteristics in literature
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910. -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Books and reading -- United States
English teachers -- United States -- Biography
Iranian American women -- Biography
Lewis, Sinclair, -- 1885-1951. -- Babbitt
McCullers, Carson, -- 1917-1967. -- Heart is a lonely hunter
Nafisi, Azar
National characteristics in literature
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910. -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The republic of imagination : America in three books
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The republic of imagination : America in three books / Azar Nafisi
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The republic of imagination
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America in three books
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American fiction
Appreciation
Books and reading
English teachers
Iranian American women
Lewis, Sinclair
McCullers, Carson
Nafisi, Azar
National characteristics in literature
Twain, Mark
Appreciation
Books and reading
English teachers
Iranian American women
Lewis, Sinclair
McCullers, Carson
Nafisi, Azar
National characteristics in literature
Twain, Mark
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