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Banned books that don't live up to the hype
Have you ever read something that was notorious enough to get banned, only to be disappointed by its major lack of substance? Apart from obvious examples like "The Satanic Verses", which banned books blatantly fail to live up to the hype?
For me, it had to be Wei Hui's semi-autobiographical novel "Shanghai Baby." Banned and publically burned by the Chinese Communist Government for its "decadent" content, even occasional snippets of engaging prose couldn't save this one. You couldn't find a more trite and pretentious confection if you tried.
For me, it had to be Wei Hui's semi-autobiographical novel "Shanghai Baby." Banned and publically burned by the Chinese Communist Government for its "decadent" content, even occasional snippets of engaging prose couldn't save this one. You couldn't find a more trite and pretentious confection if you tried.
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but a resturant is a likely too. you are most invited, and it would be great if you coudl make it
but dinner was great, we just chillled after. we are meeting up for new years, now do tell me you can make it for that?
the occasion was top secret! i believe you recived a call 2 hours prior ? but you had family obligations :)
i want to make garcias new books front cover as the village pic. i wonder if they will approve it in the name of art
did u like it foxy?
that is a very sweet cover, especially when you say " hey mummmm look garciasa new book! " to which she replies " ermm......melancholy whores? , a naked woman on the front? "
But it was a good book, me loved it
And yah that is a very pretty front cover... very well photographed and very.. umm.. artistic... contents were good too :)
Afaq, does Marquez's book have a picture of melancholy whores on the cover? #:
afaq: i cant remember the liast time i bought a book because of the pictures on the front cover. !!!
LOL at Baba and Afaq! Who'd have thought that a book on operating systems would get banned? Unless it sent workers to sleep while they were operating heavy machinery ;)
i must say, the pictures of the dinosaurs on the front cover initially made me get it, i wanted to own a dinosaur booook which would help.
then randomly through out the book you would have facts about their way of life, AND then followed by such detailed analysis of OS's that i threw it in the bookshelf, next to grisham book i was once given as a gift.
pah.