Success of the video game "The Legacy of Hogwarts": Harry Potter, the literary saga that sells

Twelve million copies sold, despite calls for a boycott against JK Rowling: a success which, with uninterrupted sales in bookstores, testifies to the immortality of the saga of the little magician.

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Par Claudia Morgiune (The Republic)

Published on 1/03/2023 at 16:38
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Lthe positions publicly expressed by J.K.Rowling have been the subject of multiple controversies in recent years: accused of transphobia for having defended the biological factor associated with femininity, she has been insulted, threatened, boycotted. So much so that she did not participate in the documentary film celebrating the 20th cinematographic anniversary of Harry Potter, at the end of 2021. “It was me who made this decision,” the writer said in an interview. But many still suspect that the producers, even if they didn’t really push her to forfeit, breathed a sigh of relief when they were notified of her decision not to participate.

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