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Read dangerously : the subversive power of literature in troubled times / Azar Nafisi.

Nafisi, Azar, (author.).

Summary:

"Drawing on her experiences as a woman and voracious reader in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a multi-award-winning New York Times best-selling author 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." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062947369
  • Physical Description: 223 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).
Formatted Contents Note:
Rushdie, Plato, Bradbury -- Hurston, Morrison -- Grossman, Ackerman, Khoury -- Atwood -- Baldwin, Coates.
Subject: Politics and literature.
Literature and society.
Literature > History and criticism.
Censorship.
Fiction > Appreciation.
Books and reading > United States.
Books and reading > Iran.
Nafisi, Azar.
English teachers > United States > Biography.
Iranian American women > Biography.
Genre: Essays.

Available copies

  • 18 of 18 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Juniata County Library 809.933 NAF (Text) 39640100630183 JUNM Non-Fiction Available -


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