{"product_id":"the-book-censors-library","title":"The Book Censor's Library","description":"FINALIST, National Book Award for Translated Literature, 2024\nA perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret archives, and the looming eye of an all-powerful government.\nThe new book censor hasn’t slept soundly in weeks. By day he combs through manuscripts at a government office, looking for anything that would make a book unfit to publish―allusions to queerness, unapproved religions, any mention of life before the Revolution. By night the characters of literary classics crowd his dreams, and pilfered novels pile up in the house he shares with his wife and daughter. As the siren song of forbidden reading continues to beckon, he descends into a netherworld of resistance fighters, undercover booksellers, and outlaw librarians trying to save their history and culture.\nReckoning with the global threat to free speech and the bleak future it all but guarantees, Bothayna Al-Essa marries the steely dystopia of Orwell’s 1984 with the madcap absurdity of Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The Book Censor’s Library is a warning call and a love letter to stories and the delicious act of losing oneself in them.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1632063344\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1632063344.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Al-Essa, Bothayna|Abdelrahman, Ranya|Hussain, Sawad\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41901513474106,"sku":"DBV.1632063344.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1632063344-0.jpg?v=1794028603","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-book-censors-library","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}