So a valid reason for pro-government countries to ban the book and maintain their sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The book casts an unflattering light on the Catholic Church. It accused church leaders of demonizing women for centuries and of covering up the truth about the Holy Grail. Brown says that this is Mary Magdalene herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many critics have taken issue with Brown\u2019s claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child. This child was whisked away to France after Jesus\u2019 crucifixion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan Brown said that he wrote the best seller that dissects the origins of Jesus Christ. His book included disputes of long-held beliefs about Catholicism. He considered including material alleging that Jesus Christ survived the crucifixion. Probably, whatever be the reason the author knew how to market his book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammed was visited by the angel Gibreel who over a 22 year period recited God\u2019s words to him. In turn, Muhammed repeated the words to his followers. These words were eventually written down and became the verses and chapters of the Quran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rushdie chooses a provocative name for Muhammed. The novel\u2019s version of the Prophet is called Mahound. This was an alternative name for Muhammed sometimes used during the Middle Ages by Christians who considered him a devil. In addition, Rushdie\u2019s Mahound puts his own words into the angel Gibreel\u2019s mouth. He delivers edicts to his followers that conveniently bolster his self-serving purposes. In the book, Salman the Persian rejects the authenticity of his master\u2019s recitations, he records them as if they were God\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through Mahound, Rushdie appears to cast doubt on the divine nature of the Quran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The germ of Lolita<\/em> was created in 1939, a short story, in Russian, about a man who marries a woman to get to her daughter. It was not well received, but the idea never left him. A decade later, Nabokov took up the story again in America. And again, some of his friends were horrified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book was rejected by five American publishers, who feared they’d be prosecuted on obscenity charges. It was first published in France by Olympia Press, which put out some serious books — and lots of pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authors such as Joyce were transgressive and \u201csought to disturb social, sexual, and aesthetic complacencies\u201d with their writing. Thus, plenty of controversies surrounded Joyce\u2019s Ulysses <\/em>before it was even printed in a single volume, making publication difficult to achieve, with publishers baulking at the work\u2019s \u201cobscene\u201d content and reputation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Thomas Staley\u2019s words, \u201cNo novel written in this century has evoked more critical controversy or sparked such elaborate exegesis\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Controversies are both beneficial and harmful to an artist’s life. It depends on how you tackle the situation and take it to your stride. What is the last controversial book you have read?<\/p>\n\n\n\nJames Joyce’s Ulysses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n