I love this. Tintin is being sold with a familiar, reassuring paper band:
A spokesman said: “This is why we took the unusual step of placing a protective band around the book with a warning about the content and also included an introduction inside the book by the original translators explaining the historical context.
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The warning reads: “In his portrayal of the Belgian Congo, the young Hergé reflects the colonial attitudes of the time…
“He depicted the African people according to the bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period – an interpretation that some of today’s readers may find offensive.”
A Waterstones spokesman confirmed that the book had been switched to the graphic novels section of its stores four years ago, and that since then its position had not changed.
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