DUTOURD, Jean. "Journal d'un mort." Typescript with handwrit - Lot 141

DUTOURD, Jean. "Journal d'un mort." Typescript with handwritten corrections and a signed dedication. Handwritten title in black ink and 102 typewritten pages with handwritten corrections in black and red marker, all on the front side of another typescript titled “Terra Incognita” by Jean-Charles Angrand. Housed in a pink folder annotated “Emilio’s copy” and “from Edmonde Charles-Roux,” and a black sleeve. Typescript of *Journal intime d’un mort*, published in 2004 by Plon. It contains corrections on every page, many of which are deletions or adjustments to individual words. In this first-person novel, Academician Jean Dutourd (1920–2011) imagines, with humor and melancholy, the afterlife of his character who has passed away. A signed and dated inscription in blue ink on the title page, dated May 17, 2004: “A copy of *Emilio Marcioni* presented by the author with his warmest regards. 5/17/2004.”