{"id":149569,"date":"2025-08-04T19:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-bans-palahniuks-invisible-monsters","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149569\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus bans Palahniuk\u2019s \u201cInvisible Monsters\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has added 31 titles to the list of books banned for distribution, the information ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(freepik.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said these books could harm \u201cnational interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them, the collection of solidarity poems \u201cHere They Are, and Here We Are,\u201d contains works supporting protests in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk also banned \u201cInvisible Monsters\u201d by Chuck Palahniuk, \u201cThe Secret History\u201d by Donna Tartt, \u201cMarina\u2019s 30th Love\u201d by Vladimir Sorokin and other popular books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Information warned distributors that selling them could lead to the revocation of their licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are now 141 banned books in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Banished publisher optimistic about Belarusian books abroad<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 15, Pozirk. Belarusian translations of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and Wied\u017amin by Andrzej Sapkowski topped the sales of the Janu\u0161kievi\u010d publishing house in 2023, Andrej Janu\u0161kievi\u010d has told Pozirk. The translation of Steven &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/95611\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 4, Pozirk. Belarus has added 31 titles to the list of books banned for distribution, the information ministry reported. Officials said these books could harm \u201cnational interests.\u201d One of them, the collection of solidarity poems \u201cHere They Are, and Here We Are,\u201d contains works supporting protests in the country. 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