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Read dangerously : the subversive power of literature in troubled times

Nafisi, Azar. (Author).

Drawing on her experiences as a woman and voracious reader in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi explores the most probing questions of our time, arming readers with a resistance reading list that includes Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, James Baldwin, and Margaret Atwood.

Book  - 2022
809 Nafis
1 copy / 0 on hold

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Location
Victoria Available
  • ISBN: 9780062947369
  • Physical Description 223 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The first letter: Rushie, Plato, Bradbury -- The second letter: Hurston, Morrison -- The third letter: Grossman, Ackerman, Khoury -- The fourth letter: Atwood -- The fifth letter: Baldwin, Coates.

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