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Brinkmann's "honour-killing" thriller finds a new German publisher
by Monitor
MediaWatchWatch
October 15, 2009
https://www.legal-project.org/516/brinkmanns-honour-killing-thriller-finds-a-new
Excerpt:
Der Spiegel (Googlish translation here) reports the good news that the crime novel recently cancelledby a Dusseldorf publisher for fear of violent Muslim reaction has found another publisher.
Leda-Verlag plans to present Gabriele Brinkmann'sEhre, wem ehre… (To Whom Honour is Due) at the Frankfurt book fair this week. Publisher Heike Gerdes conceded that the book "might provoke some," but insisted that it did not single out "the Turks" or Islam for criticism, focusing instead on traditional misogynic attitudes.
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