In Anton Chekhov's story The Kiss, a low-ranking officer accidentally finds himself at a party in the dark with a beautiful woman. The woman has organised a rendezvous with her lover, but in the dark she mistakes the shy soldier who has accidentally taken a wrong turn for her intended, and she kisses him instead. The mistake is quickly discovered, but the soldier counts himself incredibly lucky. It is his first kiss, and it is so exquisite that he spends all the next day going over it in his mind. Above all, he can't wait to tell his fellow officers. The incident builds in his mind, taking on the proportions of an epic ("he imagined it would take until morning") The bottomless freedom of disappointment Masters of disguise Digging into our earliest disguised childhood memories Cracking Open Your Wallet,
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A famous literary hoax has changed the way critics and publishers separate fact from fiction
Exactly 10 years since its author was unmasked as a daughter of English, rather than Ukrainian, immigrants, The Hand that Signed the Paper remains a central document of recent Australian literature. Its effects are still felt in how publishers conduct their business and in the lives of those affected by the scandal. Its merits are as hotly debated now as in 1995. And its own secret history, due to its author's evasions, continues to spark intrigue.
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