The editorial Anagram The declaration reported the Modification of the termination of the contract for the publication and distribution of ‘hatred‘, the book written by Luisgé Martín where they are collected The testimonies of José Breton, The confessed murder of the children of two and six years, Ruth and José, in 2011.
The company based in Barcelona, which had already recently and indefinitely suspended the distribution of work, presented the completion of the contractual relationship, which causes this All the rights of the work, assigned to the publishing house, are again owned by the author Madrid, who will now have the freedom to publish the novel.
Anagram wanted to highlight it for them Moral principles are equally important as creative freedomAnd this is an authentic story, they make this decision by decoration towards what has happened and the victims.
“Since its foundation in 1969, Anagram has opted for a literature that invites us to reflect and debate both in ethical and social. In this context, the editorial believes that, in a democratic society, there must be a balance between creative freedom as a fundamental right and other moral principles.and the works inspired by real facts require a double dose of respect and sensitivity“Says the publisher.
In an previous message he expressed “absolute respect” against the mother of the minors Ruth Ortiz e It regretted the pain that the information disseminated on the publication and distribution of the book could have caused. He also said they are “fully aware of the monstrosity of the crimes committed by José Breton”, although they understand that “literature can and should face these problems without neglecting the complexity they present”.
Comparison with books like “in cold blood”
Anagrata at that moment at that moment with others who have been published throughout history, such as ‘In cold blood“, by Truman Capote who tells the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959. Or the novel”The opponent‘, By Emmanuel Carrère who tells the life of the murderer Jean Claude-Romand who killed his children of five and seven years, his wife and his parents.
“Literature always treats complex and painful realities, too crimes that have marked entire companies“He said. Therefore, they explained that what Luisgé Martín searched is “Extreme Violence, the conditions in which it is produced and the philosophical implications And ethics of cruelty, “he said anger.
Ruth Ortiz asked the killers to receive no rumor
The victim’s mother published a letter he called: “We cannot, in any way, give voice to the assassins“”
In the same way, the Minister of equality, Ana RedondoHe manifested himself against the work and asked the same way as Ortiz that “you cannot give voice to the killers to do so much damage to the mother. It cannot be revolutionary even more“.
