On the Burning of Books How Flames Fail to Destroy the Written Word |
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Author:
| Baker, Kenneth |
ISBN: | 978-1-910787-11-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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In On the Burning of Books, Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell's Animal Farm to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, from Chairman ......
In On the Burning of Books, Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell's Animal Farm to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, from Chairman ......