03489cam a2200529 i 4500 18244776 OSt 20251223091815.0 140728s2014 nyua 000 0aeng 2014022287 9780143127789 [paperback] DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc n-us--- 23 Nafisi, Azar, author. The republic of imagination : a life in books / Azar Nafisi ; illustrations by Peter Sis. A life in books New York : Penguin Books, c2014. 338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue. "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."--Provided by the publisher Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education: Literature Text in English Nafisi, Azar. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Babbitt. McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Heart is a lonely hunter. English teachers United States Biography. Iranian American women Biography. American fiction Appreciation United States. Books and reading United States. National characteristics in literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. Sis, Peter, illustrator. Cover image ftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/Booksellers and Media/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9780670026067.jpg 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK adryann[new] 06/09/2025 13683 13683 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2025-06-09 Big Bad Wolf 813.009 N13 2014 3UCBL000028919 2025-06-09 2025-06-09 SR