THE JEWEL OF MEDINA FINDS US PUBLISHER
PW Daily has that Beaufort Books is to publish The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones's novel about the prophet Muhammad's wife which Random House decided not to publish earlier this year when told it might incite terrorist attacks. Beaufort Books will also publish the sequel.
PW Daily has that Beaufort Books is to publish The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones's novel about the prophet Muhammad's wife which Random House decided not to publish earlier this year when told it might incite terrorist attacks. Beaufort Books will also publish the sequel.
Go to Beaufort Books to read their full release.
All power to their arm The Bookman says.
There have been allegations that Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate in the American election this year, told a librarian in her home state of Alaska to remove books that had inappropriate language in them. So clearly Islamic fundamentalists are not alone in finding certain reading material objectionable. However, although Ms. Palin has been known to wield a gun, thus far she has pointed it at moose rather more often than authors! I pity the creatures (moose, I mean, and librarians too while we're about it). Still, perhaps the position of religious fundamentalists on both sides of the East-West divide differs only in terms of degree. My suspicion is that there is intolerance on both sides, and that publishers who release material like this new novel are taking a considerable risk. There is, however, one difference which seems significant to me: all right, there are ideological watchdogs in the East and the West, that much is plain, but do assassins from the West make trips to the East in order to police their region as well? I'm generalising horribly, but I suspect that the answer is very likely no.
ReplyDeleteUmmm, 2 days' worth of your good posts have...evaporated? Trust all is well-
ReplyDelete