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| Nelson Mandela’s trusted assistant publishes memoir Posted: 03 Apr 2014 08:26 AM PDT It has acquired the North American rights for "Good Morning, Mr. Mandela," which will be published worldwide on June 19. "It's tender, intimate, eye-opening, incredibly moving, and offers a rare portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life," Viking President Clare Ferraro said in a statement. The life and beliefs of la Grange, a white South African who grew up supporting the segregation rules of the country, were transformed after she started working for Mandela in 1994. Although she began as a typist, la Grange, 43, went on to become his trusted assistant and worked for Mandela until his death in December at the age of 95. She accompanied Mandela on trips abroad and was with him when he met world leaders and celebrities. She will donate a portion of the royalties from the book to the Nelson Mandela Foundation to further his legacy. Mandela's autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," was published in 1994. The book was adapted into the 2013 film of the same name starring British actor Idris Elba as Mandela. – Reuters, April 3, 2014. |
| Marquis de Sade manuscript is returned to France Posted: 03 Apr 2014 07:35 AM PDT The parchment piece – recovered from a cell wall at Paris's Bastille prison – will go on display in the city from September to mark the bicentenary of the 18th century nobleman's death. Written while Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, the book details the sexual orgies of four wealthy French libertines who rape, torture and finally murder their mostly teenage victims. The 12m-long scroll was found in its hiding place when the jail was stormed during the 1789 French revolution and over the years has repeatedly changed hands and had its ownership disputed through the courts. But now, current owner Gerard Lheritier, president and founder of Aristophil, a firm specialising in rare manuscripts, has brought it to France so that it can go on display to the public at Lheritier's private Museum of Letters and Manuscripts. Lheritier, who bought the manuscript for seven million euros (RM31.5 million) and until now kept it in Switzerland, said he would one day like to see the manuscript in the hands of the National Library of France. "I had proposed keeping the scroll for five years and then gifting to the library but the Ministry of Culture has not acted on this," he said. – AFP, April 3, 2014. |
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