Isbn: 9780434022168 - the republic of imagination (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 352 pages. ex-library book, From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a po werful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today.Ten years ago, Az ar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita i n Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads a nd executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager stude nts in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fan s have been waiting an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to th e vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Taking her cue from a cha llenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say f iction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close rea dings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Re public of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodo xy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.…

Zustand: Very Good.