From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature
It’s interesting to think how valued books were in the past, when it was so difficult to obtain them if suppressed. Compared to today, where any book can be found online and the thought of entirely banning literature is a quaint notion. (Library book bans are another matter entirely, given how easy they are to bypass if desired).
It’s interesting to think how valued books were in the past, when it was so difficult to obtain them if suppressed. Compared to today, where any book can be found online and the thought of entirely banning literature is a quaint notion. (Library book bans are another matter entirely, given how easy they are to bypass if desired).