RB/2/C - Box RB/2/C
Reference code
RB/2/C
Level of description
File
Title
Box RB/2/C
Quantity & Format
1 box Mixed
Scope and content
X20: a novel of (not) smoking, 1996-2000
A novel generated by principles of structural restraint. X20 contains the same number of words as cigarettes smoked by the principal character during the time covered by the novel (letter, RB, 10/9/98).
File detailing UK and US reception of RB’s debut novel – written while on the MA - including correspondence from fans, publishers (UK, US and others). Includes partial page proofs, reviews and jackets.
Correspondents include agency Curtis Brown, Arcade Publishing, David Bellos (translator and biographer), Harry Mathews (writer and translator), Pembroke College, Royal Festival Hall, Roberta Latow, etc. Rejection letters are included from William Morrow & Co., Doubleday, Broadway Books, Harper Collins, Henry Holt and Company and Crown Publishers.
Times newspaper, 1/11/93
Used in the writing of DAMASCUS. Every noun in the paper of 1/11/93 ended up in the novel DAMASCUS. This is another example of RB’s novel generated by the principles of structural restraint.
FORUM / EROTIC STORIES magazines, 1990-1992
Padded envelope containing RB’s short stories. This was his first ever publication, for which he received a fee.
‘Skin deep’. Forum. vol.24, no.2, 1991, pp.61-66.
‘Art for art’s sake’ Erotic Stories. pp. 6-11.
‘Learning curves’ Erotic Stories. 1991, pp. 36-43.
‘Good fortune’ Erotic Stories. vol.1, no.2, 1992, pp. 117-123.
‘Substitutes’ Erotic Stories. vol.1, no.4, 1992, pp. 6-11.
8 floppy discs of various novel drafts. Temporarily stored in locked stationery cupboard. Require conversion.
THE CARTOONIST, 1993-2000
- Correspondence with agent and publisher, Biddle solicitors, The Society of Authors.
- Press-cuttings, reviews.
- Jackets (original and prints).
- RB’s application to Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, 2001.
See also Box 6 for more papers on THE CARTOONIST.
A novel generated by principles of structural restraint. X20 contains the same number of words as cigarettes smoked by the principal character during the time covered by the novel (letter, RB, 10/9/98).
File detailing UK and US reception of RB’s debut novel – written while on the MA - including correspondence from fans, publishers (UK, US and others). Includes partial page proofs, reviews and jackets.
Correspondents include agency Curtis Brown, Arcade Publishing, David Bellos (translator and biographer), Harry Mathews (writer and translator), Pembroke College, Royal Festival Hall, Roberta Latow, etc. Rejection letters are included from William Morrow & Co., Doubleday, Broadway Books, Harper Collins, Henry Holt and Company and Crown Publishers.
Times newspaper, 1/11/93
Used in the writing of DAMASCUS. Every noun in the paper of 1/11/93 ended up in the novel DAMASCUS. This is another example of RB’s novel generated by the principles of structural restraint.
FORUM / EROTIC STORIES magazines, 1990-1992
Padded envelope containing RB’s short stories. This was his first ever publication, for which he received a fee.
‘Skin deep’. Forum. vol.24, no.2, 1991, pp.61-66.
‘Art for art’s sake’ Erotic Stories. pp. 6-11.
‘Learning curves’ Erotic Stories. 1991, pp. 36-43.
‘Good fortune’ Erotic Stories. vol.1, no.2, 1992, pp. 117-123.
‘Substitutes’ Erotic Stories. vol.1, no.4, 1992, pp. 6-11.
8 floppy discs of various novel drafts. Temporarily stored in locked stationery cupboard. Require conversion.
THE CARTOONIST, 1993-2000
- Correspondence with agent and publisher, Biddle solicitors, The Society of Authors.
- Press-cuttings, reviews.
- Jackets (original and prints).
- RB’s application to Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, 2001.
See also Box 6 for more papers on THE CARTOONIST.
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