South Korean books for teenagers are banned in some US states. The latest, The banned books club, which unfortunately lives up to its name, has been removed from shelves in Kentucky or even Missouri and perhaps soon in South Carolina. A decision which arouses incomprehension in his country of origin.
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With our correspondent in Seoul, Celio Fioretti
“ Violent, anti-police and anti-fascist “, these are the arguments put forward by the activists of No Turn Left in Education, an American association which campaigns against ” the influence of the left in school “. The latter, and other similar associations, are calling for the removal of graphic novels for adolescents from the shelves, The banned books club.
One of its authors, Kim Hyun-sook, recounts in this work the fight of South Koreans against the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan in the 1980s, particularly against the censorship of literature. A subject that is sometimes still sensitive in South Korea, and yet the book received a large number of positive reviews upon its publication.
The authors appeal
An international success and winner of literary awards, including in the United States, Kim Hyun-sook does not understand the censorship of her novel. His co-author Ryan Estreda ironically comments on the situation of censorship of a book denouncing censorship. Both authors appealed.
Previously, other South Korean books dealing, for example, with sex slaves in the Japanese army had been and still remain banned in certain states.