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''The Destiny of Nathalie 'X is the second short story collection by William Boyd, published in 1995, some fourteen years after his first collection, ''On the Yankee Station''.〔(Random House : Destiny Of Nathalie X ) Retrieved 2013-01-10.〕 ==Stories== *"The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'" (previously published in ''Granta''〔Author's Note, ''The Destiny of Nathalie 'X, 1996 Penguin edition, ISBN 0-14-025220-7〕) - Aurelién No, a French-speaking West African student wins a prize from ESEC for a short film. He uses the winnings to fund a trip to Hollywood to film the sequel and chooses to set it in a seedy suburb in Westchester near LAX. During filming he is courted by the movie industry who are in turn charmed by him and his principle lead, Delphine Drelle. The story is told by each character in turn. *"Transfigured Night" (previously published in ''Granta''〔)- A fictionalized account of the relationship between and troubled poet Georg Trakl and his anonymous sponsor Ludwig Wittgenstein〔(Kirkus | BEST ENGLISH SHORT STORIES II by Giles & David Hughes--Eds. ) Retrieved 2013-01-11.〕 as told from Wittgenstein's perspective and includes many references to his family's history of suicide. *"Hôtel des Voyageurs" (previously published in the ''Daily Telegraph''〔 and ''London Magazine''〔(William Boyd explains the origins of Any Human Heart's Logan Mountstuart | Books | The Guardian ) Retrieved 2012-01-11.〕) - Inspired by the journals of writer and critic Cyril Connolly it tells of a brief affair between the protagonist, Logan Mountstuart and a French woman. Mountstuart later reappeared in Boyd's novel ''Any Human Heart''.〔 *"Never Saw Brazil" - London Courier company boss Wesley Bright bemoans his name, and obsessed with Brazilian chorinho music spices up his humdrum life by inventing a shape-shifting Brazilian alter-ego. *"The Dream Lover" (previously published in ''London Magazine''〔)- Edward, studying French in Nice befriends Preston, an American who appears to have everything, except a French girlfriend. But Preston's circumstances change and Edward is now the one to be envied. *"Alpes Maritimes" (previously published in ''On the Yankee Station''〔)- Edward now has a girlfriend, Ulricke, but instead wants her twin sister Anneliese, but has competition from Steve. *"N is for N" (previously appeared in ''Hockney's Alphabet''〔 - a short biography of fictional Laotian writer Nguyen N. *"The Persistence of Vision" - An artist describes his marriage and its associated images. *"Cork" - a British widow and owner of a Lisbon cork-processing factory tells of her affair with her husbands former office manager, whom she meets every Christmas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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