Reading with Style discussion

20.2 - Jailed: "Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested" (The Trial).
-Read a book written by an author who was imprisoned at some point in their life. Please provide a link when posting a book for this task.

As a starting point, Kate found a list of 10 Literary Geniuses Who Went To Jail. More authors are listed in the comments section below the article.

And Elizabeth found a wiki page for books written while the author is imprisoned.

Does a Nazi concentration camp count as jail?

Rosemary wrote: "Does a Nazi concentration camp count as jail?"

Yes, it might be more accurate to say "Read a book written by an author who was imprisoned...

Would Anne Frank :Diary of A Young Girl work?

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Would Anne Frank :Diary of A Young Girl work?"

Yes, that works for this task.

thanks

Fyodor Dostoyevsky -from Wikipedia: In 1849 he was arrested for his involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle, a secret society of liberal utopians that also functioned as a literary discussion group. He and other members were condemned to death, but at the last moment, a note from Tsar Nicholas I was delivered to the scene of the firing squad, commuting the sentence to four years' hard labour in Siberia.

Daniel Defoe: from Wikipedia: After his three days in the pillory, Defoe went into Newgate Prison. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, brokered his release in exchange for Defoe's co-operation as an intelligence agent for the Tories.

I found a GR listing for Authors who have spent time in jail/prison

Not sure how accurate it is so you'll have to check the authors bio yourself :)

I noticed The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is acceptable. But would They Have Left Us Here to Die: The Civil War Prison Diary of Sgt. Lyle G. Adair, 111th U.S Colored Infantry by Glenn Robins since there is an editor besides the author?
I'm assuming books by POWs work like John McCain in Worth the Fighting For would work?

I also recommend the cheeky and adventurous Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale as a page turner of one of the most audacious authors

Rebekah wrote: "I noticed The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is acceptable. But would [book:They Have Left Us Here to Die: The Civil War Prison Diary of Sgt. Lyle G. Adair, 111th U...."

Both of these work for this task, Rebekah - great finds!

Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Tienanmen Square. Liu Xiaobo has a book of poetry June Fourth Elegies. Liu Xiaobo is currently in prison was born in 1955 (10.3) and is non-Western.

itpdx wrote: "Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Tienanmen Square. Liu Xiaobo has a book of poetry June Fourth Elegies. Liu Xiaobo is currently in prison was born in 1955 (10...."

And as he was born in China, also combos with 20.1 Tea.

Does imprisonment as a POW work? I'm referring to Kurt Vonnegut, imprisoned in Dresden in 1944:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vo...

D wrote: "Does imprisonment as a POW work? I'm referring to Kurt Vonnegut, imprisoned in Dresden in 1944:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vo..."

Yes, POW is a form of imprisonment, so this works.

Thanks Elizabeth! He's also a double letter, but the jailed task is more difficult, so I'll use him there.

Thanks D! I hadn't spotted that, and I'm planning to read one of his, too :)

Rosemary wrote: "Thanks D! I hadn't spotted that, and I'm planning to read one of his, too :)"

You're welcome!

I enjoyed While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction so much that I just went back to the library and checked out A Man Without a Country.

If anyone is interested, Gregory David Roberts has been imprisoned twice and his chunkster of a novel is called Shantaram

also fit 10.3 / 10.7 (born June 1952)

Tien wrote: "If anyone is interested, Gregory David Roberts has been imprisoned twice and his chunkster of a novel is called Shantaram

also fit 10.3 / 10.7 (born June 1952)"

Great novel based on fact. Even if it's thick, it's a page-turner, starting with his escape from prison in Australia, going to a totally new existence in an Indian slum.
I rated it five stars when I read it, so another combo!

Tien wrote: "If anyone is interested, Gregory David Roberts has been imprisoned twice and his chunkster of a novel is called Shantaram

also fit 10.3 / 10.7 (born June 1952)"
Also got five stars from me! It's thick but a page turner!
Also #198 on Unfinished List