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SVEN BERLIN (1911-1999) 'Disturbance in the West' 'An Experience in Time 1945-1985' Unbound typed manuscript with hand written annotations in blue pen, pages numbered in red, 196 pages. Together with correspondance between Berlin and various publishers regarding his book 'Disturbance in the West' Written between December 1983 and October 1984. Letters from: William Kaufman, Phillip Ziegler of Collins Publishers and David Burnett of Victor Gollancz Ltd, plus Sven's letters to, and his replies. Note: Disturbance in the West, 1985. Originally commissioned by Tambimutu (publisher of The Dark Monarch) the project collapsed when his finances failed. This is an account of Cornwall and the Scillies between 1945 and 1985, based upon notebooks kept in 1945. Portions used in Virgo in Exile, Coat of Many Colours and The Distance is Starlight. Set in the same period as The Dark Monarch. The artist John Wells spoke the words of the title to Sven Berlin, anticipating the St Ives artists split into traditional and modernist factions.
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