Incensurable

The philosopher Lectrice Santos is expelled from the university after daring to give a lecture on pleasure and censorship. Her only crime: challenging her students to consider why the most controversial novel in contemporary literature has vanished from libraries worldwide. Invited to participate in a seminar on literature and eroticism—and weary of academia while haunted by ghosts from her past—Santos champions the importance of reading and revisiting classics like Vladimir Nabokov’s *Lolita* without succumbing to the prejudices of the present. Thus, what begins as a masterclass on the Russian writer’s life and work transforms into an act of resistance against the ideological amnesia threatening to erase history’s uncomfortable works. Rich in humor and erudition, *Incensurable* is a journey that blurs the boundaries between fiction, thought, and criticism, in which Miguel explores the instability of truth, the politics of language, and literary exile as a form of punishment. And the book challenges us: do we wish to be part of this uncensorable delirium, or merely understand it from a distance?