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From the writer Paul Guth, born in Ossun in 1997 and died in 1997 in Ville d'Avray, 3 working manuscripts titled and signed at the top:
1 - Autograph manuscript signed at the top: "The Circus"—1/2 page, in-4 format—with cross-outs and corrections—
A beautiful passage on the circus: "All other shows are square, rectangular, or take on the silly shape of a half-moon—only the circus is round..."—... For him, “the circus is the spectacle of perpetual childhood.”...
2 - Autograph manuscript signed at the top: “Is the Circus Dying?”—1 1/4 pages in4—crossings-out and corrections—
“The circus is dying, the circus is dead! Such is the cry raised by Mr. Bouglione, the head of Paris’s two great circuses, Medrano and the Cirque d’Hiver—If this bad news were true, it would be a great misfortune...”- Throughout this article, Paul Guth strives to defend the circus by recalling his childhood memories -
3 - Autograph manuscript signed at the top: “Christmas at the Cirque Bambolini” - 3 pages in4 - cross-outs and corrections -
He spends every Christmas Eve near Assisi in Cenerentola—Every year, the municipality hosts the Cirque Bambolini, whose founder, Francesco, declares: “It is to Saint Francis, my patron saint, that I owe my love for animals. It was he who gave me the idea to found the Francesco Bambolini Circus, the Paradise of Animals.” Indeed, Francesco “does not tame; he tames, that is to say, he understands, he consoles, he comforts, he caresses, he loves…”- A beautiful piece of writing by the author...-
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