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A complete manuscript of French author and philosopher Albert Camus' famous novel “L'Étranger” (“The Stranger”) is to be auctioned today (Wednesday 5 June) at Tajan in Paris. It is estimated at between €500,000 and €800,000. “Its history and precise dating are mysterious,” the auction house points out in its presentation of the handwritten 104-page manuscript. The mystery has to do with the date. Camus ends the manuscript with the inscription “April 1940”. “L'Étranger” was indeed written at that time in Paris and corrected until September 1941, before being published by Gallimard in May 1942. ...
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Paul Auster, the prolific American author whose works include “The New York Trilogy” has died aged 77 after complications from lung cancer. Auster died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, according to the New York Times, citing a friend of the novelist. Auster ‘s diagnosis with cancer was first announced last year by his wife and fellow author Siri Hustvedt. Born in neighboring New Jersey, Auster became a literary icon in New York during the 1980s with works like “The New York Trilogy,” which put a philosophical twist on the detective genre. His other major works include “Moon Palace” (1989), “...
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Are you a card-carrying Jane Austen fan who’s always dreamt of deciphering the handwriting of an octogenarian from the 19th century? Niche, but no one’s judging your journey. Jane Austen’s House Museum has obliged and asked the public to help transcribe a manuscript written by Jane’s brother, Admiral Sir Francis Austen, in his final days. The manuscript consists of 79 pages of handwritten text written in 1863. Though written in third person, Francis is believed to have penned it himself in his late 80s, which would explain why the neat handwriting devolves into chicken scratch in later pages. ...
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“I was seated at stage right,” Salman Rushdie read from his upcoming memoir, about the knife attack that almost claimed his life and left him blind in one eye. “Then, in the corner of my right eye – the last thing my right eye would ever see – I saw the man in black running toward me down the right-hand side of the seating area. Black clothes, black face mask. He was coming in hard and low. A squat missile. “I confess, I had sometimes imagined my assassin rising up in some public forum or other, and coming for me in just this way. So my first thought when I saw this murderous shape rushing tow...
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