{"id":14049,"date":"2024-04-15T18:42:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=14049"},"modified":"2024-04-15T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:43:42","slug":"review-the-book-censors-library-by-bothayna-al-essa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=14049","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Book Censor&#8217;s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/essa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13478 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/essa.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/essa-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>translated by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>original publication (in Arabic): 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>this edition: Restless Books, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>grab a copy <a href=\"https:\/\/restlessbooks.org\/bookstore\/thebookcensorslibrary\">here<\/a> or through your local independent bookstore or library<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\">&#8220;Reading a book about reading books is like entering a hall of mirrors: the experience is at once fascinating and disturbing. Like other stories about books and writing, <em>The Book Censor\u2019s Library<\/em> drags the reader into itself, claiming to be one kind of book but unexpectedly (and imperceptibly) turning into another. Even the title throws the reader off guard. Why would a book censor have a <em>library<\/em>? &#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/necessaryfiction.com\/reviews\/the-book-censors-library\/\">my review<\/a> on <em>Necessary Fiction<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>translated by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain original publication (in Arabic): 2023 this edition: Restless Books, 2024 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library &#8220;Reading a book about reading books is like entering a hall of mirrors: the experience is at once fascinating and disturbing. 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