Johano Strasser, president of PEN Germany, discusses the controversial publication ban on “Esra”, a novel by Max Biller: a case of privacy versus freedom of expression.
Cubans counteract restrictions on their reading habits through a network of independent home libraries (bibliotecas independientes), with books supplied from abroad by tourists.
The Corpse Walker Real Life Stories, China From the Bottom Up By Liao Yiwu, translated by Wen Huang Pantheon; 320 pages; $25 In China there is a saying that to become an educated person, one will have to read 10,000 volumes of books and walk 10,000 li (which...
