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Monday, May 30, 2016

David Mitchell buries latest manuscript for a hundred years

Author of Cloud Atlas delivers his new work – which won’t be read until 2114 – to Oslo’s Nordmarka forest as part of the Future Library project

David Mitchell, a regular contender for the Man Booker prize, is used to his novels being picked over by the critics. So it’s something of a relief, says the British author, that his latest work – completed at 1am one Tuesday morning before a car arrived to take him to the airport to catch a flight to Norway – won’t be seen by anyone until 2114.

Related: Into the woods: Margaret Atwood reveals her Future Library book, Scribbler Moon

I’m sandwiched between Margaret Atwood and no doubt some shit-hot other writer, so mine better be good.

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