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Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi is the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran. She writes about literature and its power in challenging social and political restrictions.
Republic of Imagination
Synopsis
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, explores the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Prompted by a skeptical reader's challenge about American engagement with books, she blends memoir and polemic with close readings of classic American novels. Nafisi invites readers to become citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination,' a place where free minds and dreams are the only entry requirements, and conformity is the enemy.