There is nothing more dangerous than a book that paints reality as it is, showing things, or people, to their truth, without cover, when people are exposed to their instincts and stripped of the social masks they wear.
The following list will give you the most books and novels that have been fought, and prevented for years; for the sensitivity and seriousness of the subjects you are dealing with.
It is books and novels that may turn into possession or reading of a crime, which carries the owner to prison for years.
One of the most controversial novels of the last two decades, turned into a movie of the same name, starred by starring Christian Bell in 2000, is American Psycho or American Psychiatric Patient, by American writer Brett Aiston Alice The novel was published in 1991.
The novel revolves around the character of Patrick Pittman, a successful banker who works for a Wall Street investment firm in New York.
Patrick is from a rich family, and physically affordable. On the face of it, he is a natural figure, successful in his work, elegant in appearance, and diplomat, but in secret he is a person. On the contrary, there is another life in which Batman lives in the shadows. He is a murderer who chooses the homeless, the prostitutes and even his coworkers and tortures and kills them.
Because of the bloodshed, and the intense violence that is filled with details of the novel has been prevented, or at least laid down conditions for those who read and acquire it.
In Germany, it was banned at the time of publication. This was justified by the fact that the novel is not suitable for teenagers because of its blood, and in Canada it has been banned for long periods. In other countries, it is not allowed for people under 18 to read it, such as Australia.
Brave New World be bold
The nightmare future awaiting humanity is Brave New World, or "Brave New World," by the English author Aldus Hoxley, published in 1932.
The embryos are formed in the labs, and are according to certain divisions, such as alpha, beta, gamma, etc., and each type of embryo has characteristics Mental, physical, and specific personality, each class represents a class of society of the rich, the upper class of society, the slave class, servants.
The novel contradicts its name entirely, in a world where everything is available to humans to do, man becomes a machine devoid of any feelings, where the disappearance of humanity and its features behind the scientific and technological development.
Although the novel is classified as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, it was banned in many countries. In Ireland, the novel was banned in 1932 because it contained "anti-religious ideas" and "morally inappropriate" Banned in India because of "inappropriate sexual matters" and in Australia.
Grapes of Wrath be bold
The most realistic and cruel account of the description of poverty and the tragedies associated with it is Grapes Of Wrath, or "Grapes of Wrath," by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1939. The novel was transformed in 1940 into a film of the same name, starring American actor Henry Fonda.
The novel describes the state of American society in the aftermath of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the economic and social depression of the poor, and the farmers.
The novel revolves around the Jude family, which works in agriculture in the state of Oklahoma, and because of the economic crisis and the drought that hit the farmland, the physical conditions of the Good family are deteriorating and they are forced to migrate to California in search of livelihood.
Because of the extreme reality of the novel, its precise description of the extreme poverty of millions of Americans during the Depression and the cruelty of the capitalist system in the country, the novel was banned in many states, but it came to burn the novel openly and by workers defended by the novel , And describe their reality honestly.
Animal Farm be bold
One of the most famous political novels, the most controversial in history, the novel that is a nightmare for every dictatorial regime, is the novel Animal Farm or the "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, published in 1945.
The novel revolves around a group of animals, living a life of cruelty and suffering at Jones Farm Ranch, then decides to revolt against the farmer and his followers and drive them out. Once the revolution succeeds, the pigs (Sinopol and Napoleon) begin to rule the farm and the rest of the animals preach the New Testament, Suffering, and all animals are equal in rights and duties.
But over time, the animals discover that they got rid of Jones, his genius, and replaced him with the pig dictatorship, who seized power after Sanobol was driven out of the farm. Animal life under Napoleon was even worse than when Jones ran the farm.
The novel suggests that revolutions could turn into a dictatorship instead of another dictatorship, indirectly dropping the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and the Iron Communist regime in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
The novel was banned for years in the Soviet Union, East Germany, until the Berlin Wall was demolished, Germany reunited again. It has also been banned in North Korea, Cuba and Kenya to describe corruption and the dictatorship of totalitarian regimes.
Lolita be bold
Some of the most famous stories that were fought at the time of its publication, some see it as a literary masterpiece, and others see it as morally vulgar. It is Lolita's novel by Russian writer Vladimir Nabkov.
The novel was released in 1955, and was converted twice, once in 1962 in a film directed by Stanley Corbrec, again in 1997, and starring Jeremy Irons.
The story revolves around literary teacher Hambert Hambert and his 12-year-old daughter Delores, whom Hambert loves and enters into a forbidden sexual relationship.
The import of the novel was banned in England and was banned until 1959, and it was also banned in France. The reason for the ban was that it violated all red lines and was immoral, while in America the novel was published naturally.
Today, Lolita is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, according to the Times magazine.
Mein Kampf be bold
One of the most banned and banned books in the world is the book Mein Kampf or "Kafi" by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The book was published in two parts, the first part was published in 1925, and the second in 1926.
Hitler wrote in the book his ideas, political beliefs, ambitions, and plans for the future of Germany. The book is a biography of the Nazi leader. Hitler wrote the book in prison after the failed military coup of 1923, which took power in Germany after the end of the First World War , He and his followers were imprisoned, and during his imprisonment he wrote the book.
Millions of copies of the book were sold at the time of Hitler's rule to Germany, but after the Second World War it was forbidden to sell it, or print it. In addition to preventing it in some countries of the world such as Argentina, which made the publication or importation of the book really illegal, and Poland, which prevented publication of the book until 1992.
The rights to print the book were the exclusive property of the German Bavarian state until the year 2015, which prevented its publication within Germany; to prevent the spread of Hitler's ideas again, but in 2016 the book was reprinted again in the country.
All Quiet on the Western Front be bold
One of the shocking novels, describing the horrors of war, is "All Quiet on the Western Front," or "Everything Quiet on the Western Front," by German author Eric Maria Rimmark.
Initially, the novel was published in a German newspaper in late 1928 and published in a book in 1929. The novel became a 1930 novel.
The story revolves around the psychological, nervous, and physical suffering of German soldiers during the First World War, and how it affected them after the war, and turned them into people who had nothing to do with what they were before the war.
The novel also criticizes life in Germany naturally after the war, without paying any attention to those fighters who sacrificed everything for Germany. The novel also depicts the extent of brutality and violence in the war.
The Nazi regime fought the novel; it considered the novel to be a non-patriotic literary work; it depicted the bloody nature of wars, which, contrary to what the Nazi Party sought to entrench in the public, prevented the novel altogether, and burned all its copies; He was forced to immigrate to Switzerland.
1984 be bold
"The Big Brother Watchs You," "The Crime of Thought," and other terms that have been used to describe any repressive regime in the world derived from the novel that describes the domination of dictatorships over their peoples. This is the 1984 novel by George Orwell, who joins our list for the second time, 1949, and became a movie of the same name in 1984.
The novel revolves around the fantasy state of Oceania, the state governed by a totalitarian regime, watching all citizens' actions, hiding all its opponents, and controlling everything. The protagonist Winston Smith, the revolution wishes to order, but it clashes with the bitter reality.
The novel shows how dictatorial regimes control their peoples, changing history, blurring its facts, preventing personal freedoms, even denying them, as well as independent thinking. Even language eliminates terminology that helps thought and rebellion. The novel was banned in many countries, especially in the Soviet Union.