Krystian
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Raymond St. Elmo:
Is there a compilation of the excerpts from the manuscript, perhaps even a complete one?
Raymond St. Elmo
In the beginning, that WAS the book. A compilation of one-or-two page stories in the style of Borges, Calvino and Kafka. That was 'The Origin of Writing in the Footprints of Birds'.
But I felt there needed to be an outer frame, the way that made a connection. I explained the 'translation' of the stories. That grew and grew till it became the novel 'Origin of Birds'.
Let me go up into the attic, see what is in the trunk of old manuscripts.
But I felt there needed to be an outer frame, the way that made a connection. I explained the 'translation' of the stories. That grew and grew till it became the novel 'Origin of Birds'.
Let me go up into the attic, see what is in the trunk of old manuscripts.
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