Rebecca Knuth

The first chapters were, for me the strongest. After a compelling and insightful theoretical overview of the motivations that compel the destruction of libraries, the author moves to a series of illustrative case studies. The first--the wrecking of the South African Institute in 1984--seemed the most originally researched. As the book progresses, the examples become more derivative and repetitions of other work.

The net effect, however, remains powerful and, in spots, brilliantly insightful.… (más)