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    The Writer & The Filmmaker
    The Writer & The Filmmaker
    The Writer & The Filmmaker
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    The Writer & The Filmmaker

    By Manu Bodin

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    In a bar in a Parisian neighbourhood, a man is busy scribbling down ideas on blank sheets of paper. Suddenly a young woman approaches him and asks if he is a writer. The conversation begins...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTektime
    Release dateFeb 20, 2021
    ISBN9788835419419

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      The Writer & The Filmmaker - Manu Bodin

      Manu Bodin

      The writer & the filmmaker

      A novella

      Translated from French by Kim Whatley

      The writer & the filmmaker

      By the same author

      The writer & the filmmaker

      Some Sunday afternoons I like to kill time in a local bar not far from where I live. There I watch people go by in the street and write. I write a bit about everything, especially human relations. I am inspired by snatches of people's lives that I happen to overhear, and I write about their gestures and tics. I also draw upon the more theatrical elements in the lives of my friends or from my own experiences. In recent years, writing has become indispensable to me. It presented itself one day without warning as an escape from the sterility that I saw in contemporary society, that made me feel anxious and sick, and filled me an unspeakable desire to flee to the other side of the world to hide, far away from everything, free from constraints and contradictions, with simple people satisfied with a humble and modest life.

      As I entered the bar, I noticed a girl with resplendent blonde hair sitting in the corner. A lot of guys seemed to be looking in her direction. In front of her was a free table, the one I immediately chose to get comfortable at.

      I walked past, briefly checking her out and kept on moving, admiring her plunging neckline. She was absorbed in her mobile phone, texting I don't know what to I don't know who. On the table was a large, bright yellow handbag, half open, revealing the mess inside. Next to the bag was a glass of white wine and several bar tickets waiting to be settled, piled

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