1) I don't recall there being so much talk about a book that hasn't yet been published and distributed, and therefore hasn't yet been read by its potential readers. At least in Spain. The book in question is titled Hate and its author is the writer Luisgé Martín (Madrid, 1962), an author with several published novels to his credit. This title came to our attention when the media announced last week that a judge had suspended its publication for alleged interference in the right to honor, privacy, and self-image of the mother of the children murdered by their father more than a decade ago. The legal services of the publishing company itself, in turn, would be the ones to decide whether or not to respect the judges' decision. In a word, its distribution was illegal. A few days later, a court in Barcelona was considering whether to halt the publication of HateAt the time of writing this article, it is still unknown whether Hate whether it will be distributed or not, and therefore whether it can be read. The latest we know is that the publisher has suspended publication "indefinitely."

Anagrama publishing house will indefinitely suspend the publication of the book. Hate, in which the author Luisgé Martín collects the letters he exchanged with José Bretón, in which he confesses to the murder of his two children, for which he is serving a prison sentence. The day after the book was scheduled to go on sale, the publisher defended its decision as "an exercise of prudence" despite the fact that the judge had ruled out arresting him. In fact, the court rejected the request of the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office, which advocated that the book not be published to avoid the "serious and imminent risk of unlawful interference with the children's right to honor" and privacy.

The Barcelona Juvenile Prosecutor's Office has appealed the decision of the court of first instance, which on Monday denied a precautionary halt to the distribution of the book. Hate, by Luisgé Martín, in which José Bretón confesses to the murder of his two children in 2011 and reveals intimate details about the children's mother, Ruth Ortiz. Following the murders, Ortiz led the judicial fight to classify vicarious violence (that which hits children for harming their mothers) as a type of gender-based violence.

In a statement, the publishing house Anagrama, we read in our newspaper, "defends its right to publish the bookHate, in which José Bretón confesses to the murder of his two sons." This comes after the children's mother managed to stop the book from being published. "We reaffirm our commitment to editorial responsibility and freedom of expression, knowing that the two must coexist; and in this sense, we understand that literature can and should address these issues without ignoring the complexity they represent," they wrote.

Anagrama defends its "right" to publish the book Hate, in which José Bretón confesses to the murder of his two sons. In a statement released this Friday, after the work's release was suspended this week Written by Lusigé Martín, which also prompted warnings from the Prosecutor's Office, the publisher admits the "sensitivity" that the book's content may provoke, but appeals to the constitutional right to "literary creation" and adds: "We reaffirm our commitment to editorial responsibility and freedom of expression, knowing that the two must coexist and must coexist; the complexity that they represent."