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Each year, a new manuscript will be sealed in the Silent Room in the Future Library in Norway. The goal? Inspire hope.
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Each year, a new manuscript will be sealed in the Silent Room in the Future Library in Norway. The goal? Inspire hope.
Over the next hundred years, prominent authors will place an unread manuscript in a time capsule until 2114.
It also initiated one of the most innovative projects in the publishing industry — Future Library. Share Via Email | A+A A- Express News Service BENGALURU: Norway is not just one of the world’s wealthiest countries, it is also the world’s happiest (yes, it is ranked higher than Bhutan in the Global Happiness Index!). It is also the home of Edward Munch and his iconic painting Scream, which was the most expensive piece of art ever sold at an auction — it went for $120 million. What people don’t know about Norway, however, is that it is a writers’ and publishers’ paradis...