2007/03/06 Zurich
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A not so old man

Still waiting for the miracle

Another night, another reading, another interview. Last night I had to read with two Swiss autors, Thomas Hürlimann and Charles Lewinsky.
While being asked the old question about funny experiences on a reading tour, I gave the old answer: “I’m still waiting for a lady to propose to me after the reading.” Last night a lady approached me after the reading, asked for a signature, said something that I could barely understand at first, but then I understood that she was proposing to me.
I borrowed her pen to sign other books, but when I was ready to return the pen she was nowhere to be found.
A young man from the publishing house said: “Don’t tell anybody that you were disappointed that you had to have dinner with an old man from your publishing house.”


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To attract the ladies you should consider a boxing career, but I would not recommend it to you. Maybe you should act more like the famous Flemish writer of books, Herman Brusselmans and tell us stories of unspeakable performances with beautiful young females.
(I would invite you for dinner too, but I am also an old man, alas)

said Jan Thys 06/03/2007 13:04 • x
Jan Thys, I'm not complaining at all. Just stating the facts.
said Arnon Grunberg 06/03/2007 13:55 • x
I would, regardless the facts…– later on we all could have a laugh to keep some dignity regardless success or failure. Kind greetings.

said Jan Thys 06/03/2007 14:31 • x
And ‘never keep a lady waiting’ I learned too. You wait for them. You did not grasped the miracle, I fear. Ah, the life.

said Jan Thys 06/03/2007 15:55 • x
Waiting
Jan Thys, as good old Leonard Cohen wrote: There were many invitations/ I know you sent me some/ but I was waiting for the miracle to come
said Arnon Grunberg 06/03/2007 17:19 • x
I finally started my job as a entertainer.
People have told me before the job comes with great starmanship, I never believed, but now I have to.
I met the friend of Robbie Williams' mother. She was an older lady. Beautifully arranged blond long hair, a cute accent and massaging hands to die for.
said Dens Powells 06/03/2007 18:38 • x
Miracles
My house will always be open to you, although I cannot promise you any miracles.

said Jan Thys 06/03/2007 20:04 • x
why don't you try to find her?It would be like a romantic quest. Only this time not with a shoe made out of glass but with a pen. (do you still have the pen?)
said karin cc 18/03/2007 21:41 (Updated 21:42) • x
A shoe made out of glass?
Karin, I belive I still have the pen, but I do lose quite a lot of pens. To be honest. Especially on reading tours.
And where does this shoe made out of glass come from? Or am I ignorant about my own work?
said Arnon Grunberg 18/03/2007 23:30 • x
cinderella (or don't you believe in fairytales)
said karin cc 19/03/2007 11:29 • x
Fairy tale
Karen, a fairy tale is called a fairy tale because it's impossible to believe in it, don't you agree?
said Arnon Grunberg 19/03/2007 20:35 • x
fairy tales makes people use their imagination. It takes us to strange places and let us meet with absurd people that we in "normal" life would no meet. Isnt't that what you do with your stories, feeding the minds and imagination of people?
said karin cc 20/03/2007 10:21 • x
Fairy tales once again
Karen, I don’t question the value of myths and fairy tales in general, but to believe in a fairy tale is something else. And yes, stories feed the reader’s imagination, but so does a car accident. In other words feeding the imagination of people is not unique to stories or fairy tales for that matter.
said Arnon Grunberg 20/03/2007 16:11 • x
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