{"product_id":"the-republic-of-imagination-by-azar-nafisi","title":"The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780099558934\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43009847132223,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/11678173482223.jpg?v=1773661829","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-republic-of-imagination-by-azar-nafisi","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}