In English
National Book Award 2024 · Finalist
The Book Censor's Library
حارس سطح العالم · Haris sath al-'alam
Bothayna Al-Essa · 37 when first published
Novel · 272 pages · Speculative, Politics
Translated by Ranya Abdelrahman, Sawad Hussain
AI-generated summary:In a future state that has outlawed imagination, a government book censor reads every manuscript line by line to stop anything carrying ideas or meaning from reaching readers.