The Boy From Beirut, And Other Stories by Robin Maugham

Author:Robin Maugham [Maugham, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

He never wrote to me — or if he did, the letter never reached me. I never heard of Dieter or saw him again.

But I did understand. Even before I had walked up the hill and gone into the hut where, in a corner, I found an old blanket — and a soiled towel. I had understood it already.

I understand it now all the more. In fact, with each month and year that I live, I understand that perhaps I had irretrievably lost a chance of finding the nirvana I sought.

PETER BURTON

interviews

ROBIN MAUGHAM

Peter Burton knew Robin Maugham for almost fourteen years and worked with him as an editorial assistant on several books (including Escape from the Shadows, Search for Nirvana, and The Black Tent and Other Stories, to which he provided the Introduction). The following interview took place in late 1976 over a series of weekends in Brighton, a seaside resort just outside London, where Robin Maugham lived.

The introduction and all the connecting material and commentary printed within square brackets [] were written by Peter Burton especially for this interview. Peter Burton writes:

“The interview with Robin Maugham and the connecting Notes on his life and work were written in 1976. The Notes have been revised so as to take into account Robin’s death (March 13, 1981) — but otherwise no substantial changes have been made. The interview has been left exactly as it was submitted to Gay Sunshine (No. 33/34, Summer/Fall, 1977). All other comments on Robin Maugham’s work — which could have been included in the Notes — appear in my Introduction to this volume. The Interview and Notes were, essentially, an act of collaboration between Robin and myself. I felt it more honest to include Notes with which Robin was not familiar in the Introduction.”

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