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Books, art and ... at a crossroads!

And not only in the USA, but worldwide.

In Alberta, Canada, for example, a list of around two hundred books 

was compiled, that were to be removed from libraries.

Among them are authors such as Margaret Atwood:

Her book ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ and nine other works can 

be seen in the exhibition

under the motto ‘blacked - banned - burned’ on 8 November in Mainz.

The complete list of books on display can be found below the photo.

A personal note

Umberto Eco, a respected writer and journalist, winner of the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mainz,

formulated fourteen characteristics that define fascism in his essay ‘Eternal Fascism’ (1995).

 
One of them is: `Culture becomes suspect when it is identified with critical attitudes.’

We are not on the sidelines, but in the thick of things.

Once again, groups are being declared guilty,

culture is being cut back, art is being banned.

Nationalism and egoism are on the rise.

Anyone who looks can see it.

Or: One glance is enough – the picture is already familiar.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Susan Eloise Hinton

The Outsiders

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Harper Lee

To kill a Mockingbird

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Jerome David Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

George Orwell

Animal Farm

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale