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Another peek inside Claire’s Head
Author Catherine Bush has an essay on the Bookninja site explaining why she decided to do a major revision on her latest novel — after it had already been published. Bush was unsatisfied with certain parts of the novel and decided to take advantage of the trade paper edition to do another pass over Claire’s Head, a decision that, though unorthodox, is not unprecedented. As Bush explains, in his elder years Henry James took the opportunity to revise many of his early novels when they were republished. Closer to home, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi was tightened in places by his British editor before the novel was published in the U.K. And Bush herself has done the same thing before, revising her novel Minus Time several years after its original publication.
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Martel’s next move
Two years after conquering the Man Booker Prize and the Canadian retail market, Life of Pi author Yann Martel is set to unveil a follow-up. Not fiction, mind you — Martel has now tried his hand at music. He and composer Omar Daniel have collaborated on a five-part piece called You Are Where You Are, written for piano, string quartet, and bass. The CBC website reports that the piece is based on text written by Martel and “includes snippets of cellphone conversations that are taken from moments in an average day.” Its five parts include “At the Yoga Class,” “At the Office,” “At the Supermarket,” “At the Travel Agent,” and “At the Church.” No word, apparently, on where and when it might be performed.
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CBC story about Martel’s move into music
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