{"product_id":"2940169296686","title":"The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097877332208,"sku":"2940169296686","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169296686_p0.jpg?v=1763774781","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169296686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}