You can choose any book (ideally one that was banned at one point in time) up to 17$.
Literature censored for political reasons: Animal Farm by George Orwell, Dr. Jivago by Boris Pasternak, The Grape of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Literature censored for religious reasons: The Bible, the Koran, the Talmud, Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Literature censored for sexual reasons: Fanny Hill by John Cleland, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Ulysses
Literature censored for social reasons: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank. (source: Ken Wachsberger and 100 de carti interzise, Editura Paralela 45 here )
You can find more HERE and you'll see that even books as Harry Potter, Gone With the Wind were banned.
100 most frequently challenged books by decade HERE
See Frequently Challenged or Banned Young Adult Fiction 2014-2015 HERE
Books Challenged or Banned in 2015-2016, by Robert P. Doyle HERE
MYTHICAL BOOKS' Giveaway is INTERNATIONAL as long as The Book Depository ships to you for free OR you want ebooks from Smashwords or Amazon
The winner will be announced here, on Mythical Books
The winner has 3 days to claim the prize by sending an email with: his/her name, address and the chosen book
Good luck!
The winner was announced on 6 October
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The winner was announced on 6 October
2 comments:
Thanks for the giveaway chance.
Carol L
Luclky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
I remember picking up a copy of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses in a 2nd hand book shop in London & being really nervous about being stopped by customs at Dublin Airport!
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