The Republic of Imagination: A Case for Fiction.

Nafisi, Azar; Sis, Peter (illustrator).

ISBN 10: 0099558939 / ISBN 13: 9780099558934

Editore: Windmill Books / Penguin Random House, London, 2014

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Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 338 pp. Azar Nafisi tells the story about her teaching 'The Great Gatsby' and other classics to her eager students in Iran. This book is the follow-up to her million-copy bestseller 'Reading Lolita in Tehran'. Azar has written an utterly original tribute to the importance of fiction in a democratic society. The book is a blend of memoir and polemic, with a close readings of her favourite novels. Codice articolo 30997

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Titolo: The Republic of Imagination: A Case for ...

Casa editrice: Windmill Books / Penguin Random House, London

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Brossura

Edizione: 1st ed.

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Riassunto:

From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today.

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 follow-up, 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.

Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, 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.

Recensione:

"Playful, sombre and tender, Nafisi's character-vignettes persuade us that reading nourishes empathy and friendship, opening the forbidden path through the green gate." (Independent)

"Resonant and deeply affecting . . . an eloquent brief on the transformative powers of fiction." (New York Times)

"We are all citizens of Azar Nafisi’s The Republic of Imagination. Without imagination there are no dreams, without dreams there is no art, and without art there is nothing. Her words are essential." (Marjane Satrapi)

"A lovely book: sharp in observation and wholly readable." (Larry McMurtry)

"An arresting read ... striking and utterly persuasive" (Times Higher Education)