{"product_id":"open-letter-adam-gopnik-9780316311335","title":"Open Letter: On Blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the True Enemies of Free Expression","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from St駱hane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: \"Charb.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Known by his pen name, St鑵hane Charbonnier was editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e, an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism, and a renowned political cartoonist in his own right. In the past, he had received death threats and had even earned a place on Al Qaeda's Most Wanted List. On January 7 it seemed that Charb's enemies had finally succeeded in silencing him. But in a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature, it was soon revealed that he had finished a book just two days before his murder on the very issues at the heart of the attacks: blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the necessary courage of satirists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, published for the first time in English, is Charb's final work. A searing criticism of hypocrisy and racism, and a rousing, eloquent defense of free speech, \u003ci\u003eOpen Letter\u003c\/i\u003e shows Charb's words to be as powerful and provocative as his art. This is an essential book about race, religion, the voice of ethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralistic society, and above all, the right to free expression and the surprising challenges being leveled at it in our fraught and dangerous time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Gopnik, Charb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316311332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316311335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2016","brand":"Adam Gopnik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913707684095,"sku":"9780316311335","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_be1200fd-1732-47ec-a9e9-3bde14a52684.jpg?v=1680621804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-letter-adam-gopnik-9780316311335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}