Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book Burning - Couverture souple

Hill, Lawrence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0888646798 ISBN 13 : 9780888646798

Editeur : University of Alberta Press, 2013

Synopsis

Censorship and book burning are still present in our lives. Lawrence Hill shares his experiences of how ignorance and the fear of ideas led a group in the Netherlands to burn the cover of his widely successful novel, The Book of Negroes, in 2011. Why do books continue to ignite such strong reactions in people in the age of the Internet? Is banning, censoring, or controlling book distribution ever justified? Hill illustrates his ideas with anecdotes and lists names of Canadian writers who faced censorship challenges in the twenty-first century, inviting conversation between those on opposite sides of these contentious issues. All who are interested in literature, freedom of expression, and human rights will enjoy reading Hill's provocative essay.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lawrence Hill is a Canadian novelist and memoirist. His best-known work, The Book of Negroes, won multiple awards, including the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Alberta Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0888646798
• ISBN 13: 9780888646798
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible