The Notebook

Norman Mailer

The Notebook

Authors

Norman Mailer Author

Keywords:

unpublished fiction, short story, archival manuscript, Harry Ransom Center, the writer as observer, early Mailer

Abstract

“The Notebook,” a short story by Norman Mailer, was never published. It is not known with certainty when Mailer wrote the story, but its date of composition is believed to be circa 1953. A transcription of the story follows the images. The Norman Mailer estate has graciously given permission to reprint the story. Typescript images with holograph revisions are courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

—Phillip Sipiora