Asian Trips - Literature from the "Axis of Evil": Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations
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Manufacturer: New Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781595582058
ISBN: 1595582053
Label: New Press
Manufacturer: New Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Publisher: New Press
Studio: New Press
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"The book every American should read this year."—The Bloomsbury Review
Subject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover, Literature from the "Axis of Evil"'s publication was celebrated by authors including Azar Nafisi and Alice Walker, and the Bloomsbury Review named it a "book of the year."
In thirty-five works of fiction and poetry, writers from countries Americans have not been allowed to hear from—until the Treasury Department revised its regulations recently—offer an invaluable window on daily life in "enemy nations" and humanize the individuals living there. The book includes works from Syria, Lybia, the Sudan, Cuba, as well as from Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. As editor Alane Mason writes in the introduction, "Not knowing what the rest of the world is thinking and writing is both dangerous and boring."
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Summary: censorship is worse in the u.s
Comment: I call this literature light and I do not believe that many writers backed out due to fear of reprisal. Writers right here at "home" in the U.S who are nationals live in fear and are silenced. And it's good to look into the lives of editors and publishers of books, see what their husbands do for a living, let's say, to see how honest these books really are. Nothing in this book addresss the current genocide against muslims, not in any real concrete way...this is bullshiite without borders.
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Summary: Censorship
Comment: Put together by Writers without Borders, I was sad to read of authors who backed out of this project out of fear of reprisal. Even the first short story of the Vice Principal reflects this fear alive in our world today. Censorship in the US of this misnommer of cultures (Axis of Evil) has encouraged me to read these verses, excerpts and short stories and want to pass the book on to another reader.
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Summary: College textbook needed
Comment: My son needed this book for college. Fast shipping and better price than local store.
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