https://freerepublic.com/tag/martinwalser/ en-us Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:18:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/707915/posts A controversial novel by German academic Martin Walser has sold out on its first day of publication in Germany. Tod eines Kritikers, Death of a critic, was called anti-Semitic by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper when it dropped plans to print extracts of the book. A spokesman at the Berlin bookstore Dussmann said his store had ordered "three times as many copies as for best-selling authors like John Grisham". "People undoubtedly want to see for themselves if the book is anti-Semitic," the spokesman said. Walser has said he never thought the book could apply to the Holocaust, as his critics maintain.... BBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/707915/posts#comment Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:18:01 GMT