The Republic of Imagination
A Life in Books
(Sprache: Englisch)
A New York Times bestseller
The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books a passionate and deeply moving hymn to AmericaTen years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers...
The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books a passionate and deeply moving hymn to AmericaTen years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers...
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A New York Times bestsellerThe author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books a passionate and deeply moving hymn to AmericaTen years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-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 of English and American literature to her eager students in Iran. In this electrifying follow-up, she argues that fiction is just as threatened and just as invaluable in America today.
Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination. Nafisi invites committed readers everywhere to join her as citizens of what she calls the Republic of Imagination, a country with no borders and few restrictions, where the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.
Autoren-Porträt von Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi ist Professorin für englische Literatur an der Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. Sie lehrte als Gastdozentin in Oxford und unterrichtete im Iran an der Universität. Weil sie sich weigerte, den Schleier zu tragen, erhielt Nafisi Lehrverbot. 1997 verließ sie den Iran und wanderte in die USA aus. Sie schreibt für die New York Times, die Washington Post, das Wall Street Journal und den New Republic.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Azar Nafisi
- 2015, 352 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: PENGUIN BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 0143127780
- ISBN-13: 9780143127789
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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