{"id":945,"date":"2006-11-02T13:40:27","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T05:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=945"},"modified":"2009-10-12T18:50:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T07:50:57","slug":"941-of-burgesss-banned-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"[941] Of Burgess’ banned in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roughly a year ago, I wanted to read more of Burgess’ work<\/a>. Specifically, I was aiming for The Long Day Wanes<\/em>, also known as the Malayan Trilogy<\/em>. I looked for it but the search was unsuccessful. In place of the trilogy, I bought Burgess’ The Wanting Seed<\/em> instead<\/a>. Interesting read but I wish I had bought The Long Day Wanes<\/em>. I tried my luck at several other stores looking for it for several weeks but the effort proved futile.<\/p>\n

Sure, there’s Amazon. However, the shipping cost is more than 100% of the novel’s price. I’m not willing to pay that much for it.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, I found out the reason why it’s hard to find the trilogy through a post by Sharon Bakar<\/a>. According to a list compiled by local authority, as provided by Silverfish Books<\/a>, the Malayan Trilogy<\/em> is banned in Malaysia. More specifically, it is “restricted”.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, Making Globalization Work<\/em> by Prize in Economics winner, Joseph Stiglitz is also banned.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I and few friends plan to gather together and discuss about book censorship in a few weeks time. The list provided by Silverfish is not the impetus for the discussion however. Nevertheless, it provides a nice background for the discussion. So, here I am, opening the invitation to my readers. If you’re interested, just howl at me.<\/p>\n

Nothing concrete has been planned yet. So please be patience at the rate which information flows out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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