Mission impossible: trying to flog a stolen 500-year-old Dante manuscript
Tome raiders have stolen more than 160 rare books by abseiling into a warehouse, but they may struggle to cash in on their £2m crime The theft of rare books, … Continue reading
Blots and all: Gustave Flaubert’s travel diary among rare books at historic sale
Handwritten book full of crossings-out and comments reveals Madame Bovary author’s literary struggles Not going with the Flaubert: the precious travel notes. Photograph: Stéphane Briolant Kim Willsher Guardian, Monday 7 … Continue reading
Waterstones to stop selling Kindle in most stores
Retailer opens up new chapter in battle between ebooks and physical books as e-reader was ‘getting virtually no sales’ Consumer ebook sales were down 2% in the first half of … Continue reading
Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society takes off
New York book club inspired by ‘good books and sunny days and enjoying both as nearly in the altogether as the law allows’ Off-the-top shelf … a meeting of the … Continue reading
Apollinaire publisher on trial in Turkey
Turkish publisher and translator of French writer’s Les Exploits d’un Jeune Don Juan accused of corrupting public morality Kaya Genç theguardian.com, Monday 16 December 2013 16.12 GMT A publisher and a … Continue reading
One of the purposes of spending some time at my mother’s house
One of the purposes of spending some time at my mother’s house is to go through my accumulated lifetime’s worth of books, newspapers, video cassettes and assorted crap, and see … Continue reading
It is always amazing to be reminded of the physical pain that Nietzsche had to endure
It is always amazing to be reminded of the physical pain that Nietzsche had to endure every day of his life. It is a wonder he got any writing done … Continue reading
Yes, my God, the 5th book has finished. A momentous day
Yes, my God, the 5th book has finished. A momentous day. AUTISMUS, LOTTA, THE COLD ICY AIR OF THE MOUNTAINS, CASANOVA (LOST WANDERINGS), and THE GOLDEN AGE. Now my sixth … Continue reading
So is this in fact the last 3 paragraphs of my 5th book, The Golden Age?
So is this in fact the last 3 paragraphs of my 5th Book, The Golden Age? The record of a 3-year attempt at marriage and living together, in low key … Continue reading
All struggling artists will be comforted
All struggling artists will be comforted to learn from The Guardian Review pages that The Great Gatsby had only sold 7 copies in the last year of F Scott Fitzgerald’s … Continue reading
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