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A Universal History Of The Destruction Of Books: From Ancient Sumer To Modern-Day Iraq (2004)

by Fernando Báez(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1934633011 (ISBN13: 9781934633014)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Atlas & Co.

review 1: This book was so depressing that I almost couldn't finish it. (As a librarian-to-be, I am a very strong bibliophile.) I think it's very illuminating to look at the ways in which books and information have been destroyed and degraded over time because it shows us just how much value the surviving texts have. Censorship and ideological warfare have caused so much destruction, and the scary thing is that this book probably only scratches the surface.
review 2: This book offers a sweeping global tale of biblioclasty (such a term!) from ancient times to the present. I was surprised and saddened to realize that some of the most determined book destroyers have been bibliophiles; those of us who understand the power of the word and written archive are the most incline... mored to thwart access to recorded knowledge. The more thought I give it, the less surprising that is. less

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