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

by Lawrence Hill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888646798
• ISBN13: 9780888646798
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.8"