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  1. Cover
  2. Unfinished Business
  3. Affectionate thanks
  4. Malrich’s Diary - October 1996
  5. Malrich’s Diary - November 1996
  6. Rachel’s Diary - Tuesday, 22 September 1994
  7. Malrich’s Diary - Wednesday, 9 October 1996
  8. Rachel’s Diary - March 1995
  9. Rachel’s Diary - April 1995
  10. Malrich’s Diary - 31 October 1996
  11. Malrich’s Diary - Saturday, 2 November 1996
  12. Malrich’s Diary - December 1996
  13. Rachel’s Diary - June–July 1995
  14. Rachel’s Diary - 16 August 1995
  15. Malrich’s Diary - 15 December 1996
  16. Malrich’s Diary - 16 December 1996
  17. Rachel’s Diary - Istanbul, 9 March 1996
  18. Rachel’s Trip to Cairo - 10–13 April 1996
  19. Malrich’s Diary - January 1997
  20. Malrich’s Diary - February 1997
  21. Rachel’s Diary - February 1996, Auschwitz
  22. Malrich’s Diary - February 1997
  23. Rachel’s Diary - 24 April 1996
  24. A Note on the Author
  25. A Note on the Translator

I hope you and your family are well. I’ve decided to stay here in Canada and I’ve asked Maman to put the house up for sale. Thanks for looking after it for me all this time. I hope you weren’t too bored living there, and that you weren’t too scared sleeping there at night. And I hope you remembered to water the plants! I’m sending you $1,000 for your trouble. By my reckoning, you should get 5,162 francs for them at a bureau de change. If they offer you less, take it to a bank, their rates are usually better. You’ll need some form of ID, so don’t forget to bring your identity card. If you want anything from the house, the TV or Rachel’s clothes, feel free, I’ve told Maman to let you take whatever you want.

I send you my love. Be good. Find a nice girlfriend and be happy.

Ophélie

P.S.: I’d rather you heard this from me: I’ve met someone else, we’re getting married.

I thought about Rachel: poor bastard, must be turning in his grave.

Malrich’s Diary - December 1996

Malrich’s Diary

December 1996