Opal Mehta Saga Continues...
The debut novel by a Harvard sophomore that faces allegations of plagiarism has been permanently withdrawn and her two-book deal cancelled.
Publisher Little, Brown and Company announced cancellation of the deal for Kaavya Viswanathan's How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life, and a promised second novel, Tuesday.
The book was pulled from stores last week after Viswanathan apologized for unintentional similarities to the work of author Megan McCafferty. Little, Brown promised at that time that a revised version would be published.
However, the book was further tarnished this week by allegations it contained additional passages that mimic work by other authors.
"Little, Brown and Company will not be publishing a revised edition of How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life by Kaavya Viswanathan, nor will we publish the second book under contract," Michael Pietsch, Little Brown's senior vice-president and publisher, said in a statement.for more on the story : check www.thecrimson.com or www.harvardindependent.com
posted by hasina nicole reid at 12:49 AM
2 Comments:
This Kaavya Viswanathan thing really stinks. I just don't get how she thought she was going to get away with it.
It's very sad that in America we find it so easy to steal the works of other. Why not have faith in your own talent abilities? This kind of thing makes it hard to be taken seriously as an author. It feeds into the typical sterotypes. I find it embarassing
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