The Republic of imagination : America in three books
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Contributors
Sís, Peter, 1949- illustrator.
Published
New York, New York : Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Prescott Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
813.009 NAF
1 available
813.009 NAF
1 available
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Published
New York, New York : Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
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.
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, 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 publisher.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States.
Autobiographies.
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.
United States.
Autobiographies.
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.
United States.
Other Subjects
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nafisi, A., & Sís, P. (2014). The Republic of imagination: America in three books (First edition.). Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nafisi, Azar and Peter Sís. 2014. The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books. Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nafisi, Azar and Peter Sís. The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nafisi, Azar,, and Peter Sís. The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books First edition., Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
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