The Sea Wolf
Jack London
About this book
Jack London's adventure novel in which a mild-mannered literary critic, Humphrey Van Weyden, is rescued from a shipwreck by the ruthless schooner captain Wolf Larsen and forced to serve as crew aboard a seal-hunting vessel. London uses the confrontation between the two men to explore themes of Nietzschean individualism, social Darwinism, and human dignity.
Why it was banned
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison.
Censorship history
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison during the first Intifada. The restriction of a century-old American adventure novel illustrates the indiscriminate nature of book prohibitions at Ketziot, where Palestinian detainees were denied access to world literature at large rather than just political texts.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | —lifted | Political | ||
| Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison (Ansar III), Negev, Israel | ||||