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Book found after 30 years in freezer

novella

novella

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I just read a review of a book written in the 1970s, which was just found after spending 30 years in the author's freezer.

"Sudden Rain" is set in California, and is according to Janet Maslin, the reviewer, a real period piece. It looks quite amusing. The funny thing is the author, who'd published six novels, hid this particular book. She died three years ago, at age 83, and the manuscript was found posthumously among the lamb chops and TV dinners.

Nobody knows why she hid it. Maybe is was too personal, and she didn't want to hurt people close to her. Who knows.
 
i think it's cool, i mean she was 80 something, so even she was a little senile or she just wanted that nobody else finds it!
 
Well I can't blame you, it affects us all from time to time.

Anyway I had another birthday, so maybe I'm not so young.
 
Somehow I missed this thread the first time around. I'm glad I came across it though. When I first heard about this I had to wonder...

Isn't it kindof wrong to publish something that the author clearly didn't want published? It would be like if my future children were to publish my journals after I die. I feel it is sortof an invasion of the author's privacy. Am I alone here?

novella said:
Nobody knows why she hid it. Maybe is was too personal, and she didn't want to hurt people close to her. Who knows.
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Supposedly it was over an argument with her publisher.
 
mehastings said:
Isn't it kindof wrong to publish something that the author clearly didn't want published? It would be like if my future children were to publish my journals after I die. I feel it is sortof an invasion of the author's privacy. Am I alone here?
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After someone has actually died it's not likely that they'll care. Emotions seem to be something unique to the living.

If Kafka's supposed will had been made, his remaining works would have been burned, then we wouldn't have had the pleasure to read "Der Process".

You can look at it like something that is a greater good for a lot of people. Why should you take the opinion of someone that's not longer with us in consideration when you could bring joy to a lot of people who are alive.
 
novella said:
I just read a review of a book written in the 1970s, which was just found after spending 30 years in the author's freezer.
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After reading the title this thread, you don't know how relieved I was to read this sentence. Anyway, I errr, just have to go check something down in the cellar...
 
Wolhay said:
You can look at it like something that is a greater good for a lot of people. Why should you take the opinion of someone that's not longer with us in consideration when you could bring joy to a lot of people who are alive.
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Perhaps, if they have not made provisions otherwise, then they obviously must not have given a great deal of thought to it. However, if they had specifically expressed that something was not to be published, then their wishes should be respected, greater good or not.
 
unabellasera said:
Perhaps, if they have not made provisions otherwise, then they obviously must not have given a great deal of thought to it. However, if they had specifically expressed that something was not to be published, then their wishes should be respected, greater good or not.
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I agree with this. I'm not worried about the feelings of a dead person. I just think it is disrespectful to publish a book that the person who wrote it clearly didn't want published. Although, I guess it says something about this author's family (or whoever) in that they didn't care enough about what she wanted to just leave it unpublished.
 
unabellasera said:
Perhaps, if they have not made provisions otherwise, then they obviously must not have given a great deal of thought to it. However, if they had specifically expressed that something was not to be published, then their wishes should be respected, greater good or not.
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mehastings said:
I agree with this. I'm not worried about the feelings of a dead person. I just think it is disrespectful to publish a book that the person who wrote it clearly didn't want published. Although, I guess it says something about this author's family (or whoever) in that they didn't care enough about what she wanted to just leave it unpublished.
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Perhaps you're not fond of "Der Process" but would you feel the same way if Bulgakov had given orders that "The Master and Margarita" should burned or if Ruff had wanted "Fool on the Hill" shredded. These authors might not be dead at the moment I'm writing this but I think you get the idea.
 
Wolhay said:
Perhaps you're not fond of "Der Process" but would you feel the same way if Bulgakov had given orders that "The Master and Margarita" should burned or if Ruff had wanted "Fool on the Hill" shredded. These authors might not be dead at the moment I'm writing this but I think you get the idea.
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I can't speak for unabellasera, but I know I would feel the same. I wouldn't have read a book I enjoy, which would be too bad. If you want to go with the whole butterfly effect premise, my life might even be different. However, I'd be willing to take that risk. Respect is respect.
 
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