died last November one of the gurus of contemporary science fiction, Michael Crichton and this morning we read in The New York Times that the publisher HarperCollins is already in hand two new novels by American writer -one terminated and the other, outlined, which could see light through 2010.
by Cristina Castillon
The first, entitled Pirate Latitudes and set in the seventeenth century Jamaica, fall into the hands of their fans, after a "light" review, to be met the first anniversary of the death of the creator of ER. According to its editor, Jonathan Burnham, signed this document while finishing his latest novel, Next. The second is a technological thriller, trademark of the creator of The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, composed of only a few pages. According
Brunham, "there are notes and indications about the direction that would novel (unfinished) "and that has put the wanted posters black literary high. be valued experience. Both plays could have runs in the United States more than a million copies.
has not transcended the last will literary writer, but is free to ask: Is it permissible to publish posthumous when unpublished texts are rather short and ambitious assistants refried, or grieving widows eager publishers much more?
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The Jackal
Earlier months, the media and viewers were witnessing the fierce battle between heirs of Vladimir Nabokov.'s father Lolita ordered unfinished texts incinerate over three decades later his son and literary agent Andrew Wylie implacable, better known as The Jackal, have sold the best (or more urgent or respectful) bidder. Anagram has taken the upper hand in English and publish The Original of Laura.
If a novel, remained in a drawer, perhaps they should respect the wishes of its author. Not everything is public, not everything is public. Julio Cortázar had that much of his creative work ended in the trash or somewhere in the chest, between the socks, because according to him was not good enough for publication. Not everything is written for be read or rather, not everything is written to be purchased. However, 20 years dégoter his writings.
this month came news of unpublished Roberto Bolaño (The Jackal Strikes) and Arthur Miller. And fans of the late Stieg Larsson Norse From the Cold to sweep the Mediterranean bookstores with Millennium trilogy, tireless in the forums looking for more rumors of a fourth installment, unfinished and buried in a folder under My Documents.
of posthumous works, unpublished, unfinished, or notes written in pencil on the edge of a ticket Caprabo any author of cult best-Sellerés or should be in a museum, but not bookstores. They are a cultural legacy, but sometimes his texts (and voice) are used to sell cars.
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