When the bookworms grew wings

This is a dystopian story that discusses the threats of an authoritarian and blood-thirsty extreme-right government who uses the outbreak of an epidemic as an excuse to burn all paper books and documents and create a virtual library whose content it will be able to control. The story follows a literature professor and her fight to protect the paper books and documents while also discussing the possible consequences of artificial intelligence and the importance of preserving a country's memory for the construction of a democratic nation.

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Licia Soares de Souza is Emerit Professor in Bahia University of Bahia (Brazil). She is also Associated Professor in Quebec, University in Montreal. She published the novel in french Girouettes quand souffle le vent de l'amour. Ed. Muse , 2014 and Les grands espaces germinent sous mes pieds, Montreal, Carte Blanche, 2023.