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| 020 | _a9780143127789 [paperback] | ||
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_aNafisi, Azar, _eauthor. |
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_aThe republic of imagination : _ba life in books / _cAzar Nafisi ; illustrations by Peter Sis. |
| 246 | _aA life in books | ||
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_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _cc2014. |
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_a338 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c22 cm. |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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| 505 | 0 | _aPart I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | _a"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 | ||
| 521 | _aAdult | ||
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_xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education: Literature |
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| 546 | _aText in English | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | _aNafisi, Azar. |
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_aTwain, Mark, _d1835-1910. _tAdventures of Huckleberry Finn. |
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_aLewis, Sinclair, _d1885-1951. _tBabbitt. |
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_aMcCullers, Carson, _d1917-1967. _tHeart is a lonely hunter. |
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_aEnglish teachers _zUnited States _vBiography. |
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_aIranian American women _vBiography. |
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_aAmerican fiction _xAppreciation _zUnited States. |
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_aBooks and reading _zUnited States. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aNational characteristics in literature. | |
| 650 | 7 | _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. | |
| 650 | 7 | _aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. | |
| 650 | 7 | _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. | |
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_aSis, Peter, _eillustrator. |
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