Sarney has book rejected and privilege exposed.
German publisher says he will throw away the edition he just printed of the book Saraminda, by former president and academic José Sarney; Thomas Neumann recounts that he had a promise from the Brazilian consulate in Frankfurt to buy 500 copies of the book; upon learning that the agreement will not be fulfilled, he announced the new destination for the work: incineration; diplomacy is now trying to resolve the case; first, in fact, it seeks to understand how this promise can be made; without an official purchase, the German says that "there is no demand for the work"; literature of the absurd in real life?
247 - Former President José Sarney is once again in the spotlight. German publisher Thomas Neumann announced in Frankfurt that he intends to discard his recently published edition of Sarney's book, Saraminda, due to the non-fulfillment of an agreement that is difficult to understand: the Brazilian consulate in the city had committed to buying 500 copies of the book, but at the last minute withdrew this promise, pressured by legal impediments. In response, Neumann said that, faced with the imminent loss, he was taking this radical action.
The Brazilian consul in Frankfurt, Marcelo Jardim, said he will contact Thomas Neumann of the publishing house Königshausen & Neumann to discuss the future of the already printed volumes of Saraminda, a novel by former president José Sarney.
Neumann decided not to distribute the first edition of the book, already printed, after the Brazilian consulate failed to fulfill a contract that stipulated the purchase of 500 copies.
According to the publisher, the chances of recouping its investments through bookstore sales are low because "there is no demand for the book."
The agreement between the consulate and the publisher, which normally publishes scientific books, was signed last year when diplomat Cezar Amaral, spokesperson for the Presidency during the Sarney administration, was in charge of the consulate.
Also involved in the negotiations with the publisher for the publication of the work, which was translated by Markus Sahr—with a grant from the National Library—was the then head of the cultural sector, Rita Rios Bonfim, who was later transferred to the passport sector.