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Ghali Diary Notebook 4 (26 September 1966 to 25 April 1967)

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Waguih Ghali Unpublished Papers
Author
Ghali, Waguih, d. 1969
Abstract

This file contains the fourth diary notebook, composed while Waguih Ghali was living in London as a guest in the home of Diana Athill between 26 September 1966 to 25 April 1967. Ghali starts this diary during a trip to Yugoslavia with Athill and some other friends. Following his return to London, Ghali looks for work. In addition to odd household jobs for friends, Ghali mentions working as a typist for the Royal Drawing Society, and being paid for translations from German. He reflects extensively in this volume about his relationship with Athill. As his connections to his life in Germany are severed, he describes feeling unmoored, occasioning a reflection on his perpetual state of homelessness since childhood. He once again falls into a deep state of depression, and drinks heavily. Near the end of the diary, an encounter with someone Ghali deems a true intellectual prompts some reflection on the emptiness of his other social interactions in London, and occasions his only reflections on literature in this volume. This diary is dated 1966 September 26 - 1967 April 25.

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Handwritten manuscript, 98 pages long
Handwritten manuscript, 98 pages long
Date Issued
1966
Keywords
suicide
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depression
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Royal Drawing Society
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Exile
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Location: London
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Location: Crykvenic
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Location: Yugoslavia
Type
book

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