Anna Karenina vs. Google Glass: A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
talks to Michael Skafidas for The WorldPost about literature, the Internet and the West’s false expectations of President Rouhani. , exposed the harsh realities of theocratic Iran to millions of readers in the West. It is a reminder of the importance of understanding the lives of others through literature. You have also spoken about the “republic of the imagination” as a magical space, where literature attains power to affect lives not only in terms of entertainment but also politically. Is this still a realistic notion in the electronic ...
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