NetLibrary eBook of the Month for October 2009
Burn this Book is October eBook of the MonthLiterary heavyweights Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk explore the power of literature in this provocative and timely collection of essays
Marshall, Texas, September 28, 2009—In recognition of Banned Books Week, Jarrett Library is pleased to announce that Burn This Book will be available as the October eBook of the Month.
Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny.
In Freedom to Write Orhan Pamuk elegantly describes escorting Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter around Turkey and how the experience of meeting with persecuted writers changed his life. In The Value of the Word Salman Rushdie shares a story from Bulgakov’s novel The Master and the Margarita in which the Devil talks to a frustrated writer called “The Master.” The writer is so upset with his own work he decides to burn it: “How could you do that?” the Devil asks... “Manuscripts do not burn.” Indeed, manuscripts do not burn, Rushdie argues, but writers do.
Both provocative and timely, Burn This Book includes a sterling list of award-winning writers and is sure to ignite spirited dialogue on the issues of censorship and freedom of speech.
Provided through the generous support of HarperCollins Publishers, Burn this Book will be available to Jarrett Library users October 1-31. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Jarrett Library, please contact your librarian or visit the Jarrett Library Home page at http://www.etbu.edu/Library/.
About PEN American Center
PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 in direct response to the ethnic and national divisions that contributed to the First World War. PEN American Center was founded in 1922 and is the largest of the 144 PEN centers in 101 countries that together compose International PEN. PEN’s programs reach out to the world and into diverse communities within the United States. They promote writing and literature at every level and are founded on the belief that free expression is an essential component of every healthy society.
About Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds readers not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.
About HarperCollins Publishers
Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins Publishers is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, and mystery, romance, reference, religious, and spiritual books. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. For more information, visit: http://www.harpercollins.com/.
About NetLibrary
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