
Cashing In on Céline’s Anti-Semitism
On December 12, Antoine Gallimard, head of the illustrious French publishing house founded by his grandfather Gaston in 1919, received a letter from the French prime minister’s office. It was signed by Frédéric Potier, head of the prime minister’s “delegation in charge of fighting racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred.” It was a polite but firm invitation to meet. In fact, the French government was summoning a French publisher to ask the company to justify its decision to publish a certain book.
Such an occurrence is extremely rare. But the nature of the book in question, and its author’s identity, explain the intense scrutiny.… Seguir leyendo »