![]() ![]() ![]() Under ISIS, burning forbidden texts are common acts of taunting Western media and is probably the most recent act of cultural genocide. ![]() I have read a few of Winterson’s novels and greatly admired them, but the prospect of burning books greatly upset me.īurning books has always been a symbol of censorship under both the reign of Nazi Germany, the destruction of the Library of Baghdad and the Burning of Jaffna public library. Winterson, famed author of Oranges are not the only fruit and Sexing the Cherry, burned the republished editions of several of her previous works because she detested the ‘cosy’ blurb which sectioned her into ‘wimmin’s fiction’. On Friday June 4 th, Jeanette Winterson tweeted a photo of burning books, made significantly more interesting because they were her own books. ![]()
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