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Burn This Book : Notes on Literature and Engagement by Toni Morrison, John Updike, David Grossman, Francine Prose, Pico Iyer, Russell Banks, Paul Auster, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Ed Park, Nadine Gordimer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>"A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity"</p> <p>- Toni Morrison, Burn this Book</p> <p>Published in conjunction with the PEN American center, Burn this Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors include literary heavyweights like Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman and Nadine Gordimer, and others.</p> <p>In "Witness: The Inward Testimony" Nadine Gordimer discusses the role of the writer as observer, and as someone who sees "what is really taking place." She looks to Proust, Oe, Flaubert, Graham Green to see how their philosophy squares with her own, ultimately concluding "Literature has been and remains a means of people rediscovering themselves." "In Freedom to Write" Orham Pamuk elegantly describes escorting Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter around Turkey and how that experience changed his life.</p> <p>In "The Value of the Word" Salman Rushdie shares a story from Bugakov's novel The Master and the Margarita in which the Devil talks to a frustrated writer called "The Master" The writer is so up

Who reads Burn This Book : Notes on Literature and Engagement?

Author

Toni Morrison, John Updike, David Grossman, Francine Prose, Pico Iyer, Russell Banks, Paul Auster, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Ed Park, Nadine Gordimer

Publisher

HarperStudio, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780061878831

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Political Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.62 / 5 (308 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14