The Scandal That’s Shaking the Literary World in Paris
Whatever turn the Grasset saga takes, books will still prove difficult for the pixelated word to extinguish.
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A bombshell scandal has hit the Paris literary world, just in time for the city’s three-day festival dedicated to the printed word. Over 100 novelists, intellectuals and media personalities have rallied to the cause of Olivier Nora, whose quarter-century reign atop publisher Grasset came to an unceremonious end this week after a reported sacking at the hands of parent company Hachette’s billionaire owner Vincent Bollore. The outraged writers have said they intend to quit Grasset and follow Nora to wherever he lands.