JK Rowling feared her ex-husband would burn the Harry Potter manuscript

british writer JK Rowling revealed that she fears that her ex-husband, the Portuguese Jorge Aranteswill burn the manuscript of the first book of the saga, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonein the context of a coexistence during which she suffered ill-treatment at the hands of the journalist, to whom she was married for just over a year.

Rowling57, said during the premiere of his podcast, The witch trialsthat the bond with her ex-husband was violent and that the man exercised control over her, to the point that she tried to lock up the manuscript to prevent him from leaving it.

“At that time, I searched my bag every time I came home. I didn’t have the key to my own house because he had to control the front door. And I think he’s not a stupid person. I think I knew, or suspected, that I was going to try to escape,” he said. Rowlingaccording to the British newspaper The Guardian.

the writer and arantes they met more than thirty years ago in a bar in Porto where Rowling taught English, and from their relationship they discovered their shared passion for Jane Austen.

This passion that was born between them led them to marry soon after, but their marriage lasted barely 13 months, during which time, according to the author, she suffered psychological and physical abuse. For its part, arantes He admitted that the discussions got heated and that he had slapped him twice, but that he did not regret this behavior, according to the Spanish newspaper. ABC.

Rowling He said he lived those days in “a horrible state of tension” as he had to hide his intentions to leave the family home, despite which he was able to continue writing. “The manuscript kept growing. I continued to write. In fact, he knew what this manuscript meant to me, because at some point he took it and hid it,” says the author of the saga.

In order to leave home and save the work he was writing, he had to come up with a plan. “I would take a few pages of the manuscript to work every day – just a few pages so he wouldn’t notice something was missing – and photocopy them. And, little by little, in a cupboard in the staff room, the photocopied work grew, grew, grew, because I suspected that if I didn’t manage to escape everything, he would burn it or take it or take it hostage. The author, who was pregnant at the time, said that in addition to her daughter jessicawho is 31 today, this manuscript was the only thing he wanted to save during his escape.

In the podcast, the writer had a dialogue with Megan PhelpsRopera former member of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for his controversial comments and frequent protests against the LGBT community and other marginalized communities.

Regarding the accusations of transphobia that are attributed to RowlingShe said she didn’t care how the controversy surrounding her would affect her legacy and that anyone who thought so had “deeply” misinterpreted her.

“I don’t walk around my house thinking about my legacy,” he said, noting, “What a pompous way to live your life, walking around thinking about what my legacy will be? I don’t care, I’ll be dead. I don’t care now. I care about the living.”

Source: OS screen

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