Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books

Title: Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books Author: Azar Nafisi ISBN: 9780670026067 Publisher: The Viking Press Published: 2014 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Y 1634809 Publisher Description: 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, T