Word: ostrogoth
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...record in short, spare sentences the everyday life of Frenchmen of every class and type. Built up out of thousands of small incidents, Simenon's novels never fail to show a "customary air of slow-motion absent-mindedness." But they were written-usually on his canal boat Ostrogoth)-at rates varying from four days to one month per novel. Says Simenon: "I get up at half-past five; go on deck; start typing at six, with either a bottle of brandy or white wine at my side; and write a chapter an hour until noon, when...
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