Zakázané knihy – group of authors (2023)

If all printers decided that they would only print what could not offend anyone, almost nothing could be published." Benjamin Franklin, 1731 Which novel is said to have driven someone to murder? Why was it once forbidden to teach about the Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales in German schools? Which book about censorship bothered censors the most? Which author did critics suggest should rather drown? Which writer produced such a scandalous work that he had to hide for several years? Who wanted to burn their book and who refused the Nobel Prize, claiming they did not deserve it? Banned books represent a selection of the most controversial works from Flaubert's Madame Bovary to Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover to Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Some of these works are shocking or scandalous, others touch on sensitive topics, while others simply preceded their time and posed questions that people were not ready for. All of them crossed or pushed boundaries, and all sparked passionate discussions and disputes upon their release. Today, these books offer us a fascinating insight into censorship, culture, society, and politics.