She smokes too much, she drinks too much and she hasn't written a book in years ...But this prolific UK author and "national treasure" (and one of my favourite people) has turned 72, is working on a new novel about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy and planning her children's book as a gift to her grandchildren.
The documentary in which she talks about a suicide attempt in 1958 and a recent brush with cancer was premiered on Friday at the Guardian Hay Festival, and I very much hope we have a chance to see it here.
All my love, Beryl.
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On an unrelated point, a bunch of us were mooching around Kino yesterday and came across the newly-launched, official Malay translation of Hesse's SIDDHARTA. The funny thing is that there were foot-notes here and there with "Amalan ini bercanggah dengan agama Islam" (This practice goes against Islam) and "Ini kepercayaan orang Hindu" (This is a Hindu belief). The first case I've seen of the translator's footnotes having such a ... vampiric? (ha ha) ... effect on the original text.
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