since this is banned books week, i thought it would be perfect to start this blog off by looking at some of the cover art of some more famous banned books.
although i owned a copy of the catcher in the rye growing up (purchased from my local library book sale for a quarter), my copy was the iconic brown paperback version, which had been designed by salinger himself later on. very unlike this hardback version originally published in 1951:
the explosive cover art of the hardback edition, designed by michael mitchell, is comparative to the how the book was received by the public over fifty years ago: it was hot. too hot, by some standards. opponents saw holden caufield as a deviant and his actions obscene or immoral, or both!
on the flipside, there's nothing on this cover to tip you off that this is a hot title. unlike subsequent editions, art brenner's cover of the first edition of animal farm gives no warning that this book is about a bunch politically minded pigs:
after being published in russian, this book was banned by stalin.to learn more about our banned books, visit the library's banned books week display located upstairs, and check out this title, and many others, for yourself.
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