Saturday, 3 September 2011

Lost and Found



Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins had just signed his contract for his 1974 film The Girl from Petrovka. After flying back over to London, England he decided to have a look for a copy of the novel. Since he was in the film, he figured he should at least of read the book it was based on at least once. He went from store to store, searching stores across London's Charing Cross Road, but to his dismay there wasn't a single copy in stock.
He began his journey home empty handed, but sitting at Leicester Square waiting for his train, Anthony spotted a discarded book. By a great stroke of luck, the book was actually The Girl From Petrovka by George Feifer. Amazed by his luck, Anthony picked up the book and set off home to give it a read. This event in its own is not interesting, merely a lucky coincidence, however what followed next was much more.
2 Years later while filming in Vienna, Anthony was visited by the author, George Feifer. During their conversation, George mentioned that he did not have a copy of his own book. He explained that he lent his personal copy to a friend, who had then lost the book in London. George then went on to explain that the copy had been rather precious, in that it contained his personal annotations in the margins.
Anthony got up and went to fetch the book he had found 2 years previously, presenting it to George and asking "Was it this one?" . To both their astonishment, the writing in the margins was George's annotations. George Feifer was reunited with his book, countries and years away from where it was lost, by an actor in the film adaptation of the very same novel.

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