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A review by andreablythe
Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word by Toni Morrison
4.0
This collection of essays, edited by Toni Morison, present varying points of view on censorship and the power of literature in the world. One that sticks out in my mind is Pico Iyer's "The Man, The Men at the Station," the story of how he met a trishaw driver in Mandalay, who shares with him a book he wrote and must keep secret.
I also quite enjoyed "The Sudden Sharp Memory," by Ed Park, which looks at the banning of the book [I am the Cheese] and its real and imagined effect on students.
Though a few are a bit dense and perhaps overly complex, all the essays in this book present fascinating points of view, and all are very well written.
I also quite enjoyed "The Sudden Sharp Memory," by Ed Park, which looks at the banning of the book [I am the Cheese] and its real and imagined effect on students.
Though a few are a bit dense and perhaps overly complex, all the essays in this book present fascinating points of view, and all are very well written.