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English
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The rise of author Sinclair Lewis, most famous for his works Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, and Elmer Gantry, written by wife Grace Hegger, a former editor at Vogue. A warts and all portrayal of a stormy relationship between a difficult wife and an impossible husband.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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"Azar Nafisi's bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran ended with her arrival in America with her young family, carrying little more than the beloved books that helped her survive in revolutionary Iran. The Republic of Imagination gives us the next chapter in Azar's journey, as she settles into her new life as a teacher in Washington, DC, and wonders what it means to become an American citizen. She turns for an answer to the writings of the Founding fathers...
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Publisher
Viking Adult
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. 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 followup, Nafisi has...