Books that circumvent established norms and smash accepted verities to smithereens.

Steven Heller features Walls of Freedom as one of seven books that “circumvent established norms and smash accepted verities to smithereens.” Here is what he wrote about the book: The Egyptian revolution of 2011 has not lived up to its promise, a failure sadly commemorated in WALLS OF FREEDOM: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution (From Here to Fame Publishing, $55), which captures in photographs, text and images of street art the surge of energy that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The cover, showing the Guy Fawkes face mask from the film “V for Vendetta” on a mummy’s head, is startling, but the book overflows with other agitational representations, including a reproduction of the flier “How to Revolt Intelligently,” which instructs demonstrators on the use of spray paint as a weapon and the kind of shoes and protective glasses to wear at demonstrations. In addition to reproducing antigovernment and pro-democracy graphics and calligraphy, the book contains an almost day-by-day account of the protests and their aftermath by those who took to the streets.

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