Incidentally, I attended a  reading at the International Festival of  
Authors in Toronto on Sunday where I saw Drago Jancar read from his  
book 'The Tree with No Name' where the main character appears to be an  
archivist from communist Slovenia. I haven't read the book so I don't  
know how prominent the archives are in it, but it was mentioned during  
the reading.

However, the archives feature pretty strongly in the the novel 'War &  
War' by the Hungarian novelist, Laszlo Krasznahorkai (say it ten times  
fast) from New Directions 2006.

Best,
Chris Doda

Quoting "Noble, Karin" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Some time ago there was a listserv discussion about the portrayal of  
>  Archives in popular culture - literature, movies etc.
>
> If this project is still being pursued (or for general interest)   
> check out The House Girl by Tara Conklin - especially pages 277 and   
> 300. (The main character, Lina, ends up using cotton socks to handle  
>  an historic document because she doesn't have gloves, but has been   
> instructed not to touch without them...)
>
> http://www.taraconklin.com/the-house-girl/
>
> Karin Noble
> Archivist
> Grey Roots Museum & Archives
> 102599 Grey Road 18
> Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N6
> Phone: +1 519-376-3690 ext. 6113
> Fax: +1 519-376-4654
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> http://www.greyroots.com
> http://www.grey.ca
> http://www.visitgrey.ca
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