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Claude SIMON (1913-2005). 2 L.A.S., 1987-1989, to Professor Alex S. Jones, Greenville (USA); 2 half-pages in-4, one envelope. Paris March 29, 1987: on his way of working: "You'll find my answers in André Rollin's survey Ils écrivent: où, quand, comment? recently published by Editions Mazarine"; he advises young people who like to write to "go out into the street" and on returning "try to describe what they saw, felt, remembered and imagined during that short journey; that alone can fill hundreds of pages." - December 6, 1989, answers to three questions: "1) There is no definition of a character in a novel: it could be Don Quixote, Kafka's K. or Emma Bovary. 2) Because I was part of a group that challenged the traditional, stereotyped forms of the novel. 3) Going out into the street, walking a couple of hundred meters, going home and then writing down everything you've seen, felt, cried over, imagined..."

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Claude SIMON (1913-2005). 2 L.A.S., 1987-1989, to Professor Alex S. Jones, Greenville (USA); 2 half-pages in-4, one envelope. Paris March 29, 1987: on his way of working: "You'll find my answers in André Rollin's survey Ils écrivent: où, quand, comment? recently published by Editions Mazarine"; he advises young people who like to write to "go out into the street" and on returning "try to describe what they saw, felt, remembered and imagined during that short journey; that alone can fill hundreds of pages." - December 6, 1989, answers to three questions: "1) There is no definition of a character in a novel: it could be Don Quixote, Kafka's K. or Emma Bovary. 2) Because I was part of a group that challenged the traditional, stereotyped forms of the novel. 3) Going out into the street, walking a couple of hundred meters, going home and then writing down everything you've seen, felt, cried over, imagined..."

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