Talking about banned books …
Our little book club was established in 2019 for lovers of books with an edge, a bit of notoriety or infamy …
The Banned Book Club celebrates books from all over the world that have, at one time or another, been back-listed, banned, burned or branded (I do love a bit of alliteration). It’s great to look at these books, some written over 100 years ago, with a more modern mindset and get an understanding of how much we, as a global national have changed, how societal norms have changed (or not) … how would we have coped living +in intolerant eras where freedoms and liberties were in short supply for many.
To date, we have read such classics as:
- Lolita
- Lady Chatterly’s Lover
- The Naked Lunch
- A Clockwork Orange
- Brave New World
- Go tell it on the Mountain
- The Catcher in the Rye
- Animal Farm
- Fahrenheit 451
- Slaughterhouse Five
- Master and Margarita
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- To Kill a Mocking Bird
- Lord of the Flies
- American Psycho
- The Naked Lunch
- Tropic of Cancer
- Ulysses
- The Bell Jar
- The Well of Loneliness
- The Ginger Man
- Maus
- King Lear
- Speak
- Letty Fox – Her Luck
With so many boundary pushing authors, we believe this list will continue for some time yet … jump on board and see where it takes you!