MS 924 03 01
Reference code
MS 924 03 01
Title
Hugo Williams: ‘All the Time in the World’ by Hugo Williams: Related papers
Level
Sub-series
Date
1963-1966
Extent & medium
1 box containing 24 items
Content description
This was Williams's first travel book, based on his diaries as he journeyed through Israel, Persia, India, Malaya, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Tahiti and the French West Indies at the age of 21.
The sub-series is made up of 23 diaries which allow readers to track his journey and provide his initial thoughts on the places he visited. The diaries were compiled as Williams travelled around and as a result some of the volumes are beginning to disintegrate. The entries are very narrative in approach, describing the journey and the route he took. Occasionally Williams has drawn a map showing his route or another small sketch. He would also note the names and addresses of though he met on route.
In certain entries they acted as a commonplace book, where Williams would write down extracts of a letter or other writing – such as Shelley, Dylan Thomas or Dostoevsky.
Some verses are contained in these volumes although none of these appear to directly relate to his travels. However he referred to them as ‘facile soliloquies’ which distracted him from composing poems. These become more common as his trip went on and increasingly poems which were later revised for publication in ‘Symptoms of Loss’ begin to appear.
The volumes also act as a manuscript for his book ‘All the Time in the World, which drew heavily on the diaries; however they have been heavily edited and revised in between. While some extracts in the diaries resemble the final text strongly, other have been adapted, edited or omitted completely. No intermediate draft or typescripts for the final text.
The sub-series is made up of 23 diaries which allow readers to track his journey and provide his initial thoughts on the places he visited. The diaries were compiled as Williams travelled around and as a result some of the volumes are beginning to disintegrate. The entries are very narrative in approach, describing the journey and the route he took. Occasionally Williams has drawn a map showing his route or another small sketch. He would also note the names and addresses of though he met on route.
In certain entries they acted as a commonplace book, where Williams would write down extracts of a letter or other writing – such as Shelley, Dylan Thomas or Dostoevsky.
Some verses are contained in these volumes although none of these appear to directly relate to his travels. However he referred to them as ‘facile soliloquies’ which distracted him from composing poems. These become more common as his trip went on and increasingly poems which were later revised for publication in ‘Symptoms of Loss’ begin to appear.
The volumes also act as a manuscript for his book ‘All the Time in the World, which drew heavily on the diaries; however they have been heavily edited and revised in between. While some extracts in the diaries resemble the final text strongly, other have been adapted, edited or omitted completely. No intermediate draft or typescripts for the final text.
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Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Hugo Williams: ‘Athens to Aswan’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 01, (16 February 1963- 11 March 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Aswan to H4’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 02, (March 1963-May 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘H4 to Shiraz’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 03, (May 1963- 2 June 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Tehran to Murree’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 04, (2 June 1963-[18 June] 1963)
- Hugo Williams: [Persia] notebook, MS 924 03 01 05, ([June 1963-July 1963])
- Hugo Williams: ‘Pakistan to Kashmir’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 06, (July 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Srinagar to Kathmundu’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 07, (8 August 1963-26 August 1963)
- Hugo Williams: 'Calcutta’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 08, (27 August 1963- September 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Penang to Chiang Mai’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 09, (1 October 1963 – 1 November 1963)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Chiang Mai to Hong Kong’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 10, (2 November 1963–22 November 1963)
- Hugo Williams: 'Hong Kong to Tokyo’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 11, (30 November 1963–14 December 1963)
- Hugo Williams: 'Tokyo to Kyoto’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 12, (12 December 1963–4 January 1964)
- Hugo Williams: 'Kyoto to Nara’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 13, (7 January 1964-17 January 1964)
- Hugo Williams: 'Nara,Tokyo and Kobe’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 14, (17 January 1964–30 January 1964)
- Hugo Williams: 'Kobe to Sydney’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 15, (1 February 1964-17 February 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Australia’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 16, (19 February 1964-19 March 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Homestead to Isa to Queensland’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 17, (21 March 1964-[22 March] 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Isa’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 18, (29 March 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Victoria to Sydney’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 19, ([March 1964 to April 1964])
- Hugo Williams: ‘Sydney to Port Vila’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 20, (16 April 1964–9 May 1964)
- Hugo Williams: [Australia] noebook, MS 924 03 01 21, ([May 1964])
- Hugo Williams: 'Tahiti’ noebook, MS 924 03 01 22, (15 May 1964-June 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Pacific Ocean’ notebook, MS 924 03 01 23, (7 June 1964)
- Hugo Williams: ‘All the Time in the World’by Hugo Williams, 1st edition, MS 924 03 01 24, (1966)