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infused graphic novels,
wrote in one of the letters
published under that rubric
by the Guardian newspaper.
“I loved feeling part of you.
That feeling that we were to-
gether, our differences com-
bining to make something
bigger than either of us.
Something unique, some-
thing neither of us could
have been on our own.”
Brexit, approved by ref-
erendum in June 2016, has
been a long goodbye, and it
just got longer. Britain’s rup-
ture with the rest of the Eu-
ropean Union, which was to
have occurred on Halloween,
is now on hold until Jan. 31.
In the interim, British elec-
tions Dec. 12 could give
Prime Minister Boris John-
son’s Conservatives the par-
liamentary majority they
need to finally usher the
country out of a bloc it has
been part of for nearly 47
years.
Some of the letter writers
described the intoxicating
sense of freedom that came
with youthful crossings of
the English Channel. Nov-
elist Alan Hollinghurst,
whose early works provided
a then-pioneering portrait of
gay life, wrote of these jour-
neys as metaphor: “Mar-
seille, Ventimiglia, Turin,
Milan, possibilities turning
to practical certainties.... We
knew we belonged in Europe
as our own country belonged
there.”
Classicist Mary Beard,
whose rigorous scholarship
has also found an enthusias-
tic pop-culture following,

wrote of a long academic ca-

reer that paralleled, and was

enriched by, Britain’s mem-

bership in the EU and its

predecessor organizations.

“Over these last forty-

something years, what I do,

the context in which I do it,

and how I define myself and

my job has changed dra-

matically, taking a decidedly

European turn,” Beard

wrote in her letter, calling

that transformation “with-

out doubt, a turn for the

better.”

Britons won’t be ban-

ished from the rest of the EU,

of course.

But neither will they have

the sense of belonging that

comes with what are essen-

tially rights of citizenship in

27 other countries — to live

or work where they please,

across an array of land-

scapes and cultures. To at-

tend university in France,

say, or start a family in

Spain, or land a dream job in

Rome, or conduct research

in the Czech Republic, or re-

tire in sunny Portugal.

More than one letter writ-

er sounded a warning that

the darkest days of World

War II were not such a dis-

tant memory, and European

unity was not to be taken for

granted. British-Danish

writer Sandi Toksvig wrote

of her farfar— Danish for

grandfather — building a

false wall to make a place to

hide fleeing Jews. With the

help of compatriots, nearly

99% of Denmark’s Jews es-

caped the Holocaust, spir-

ited across the water to neu-

tral Sweden.

“History matters,”

Toksvig wrote. Of the “won-

derful decision” to create

postwar institutions like the

EU, she said: “We have had

peace. Almost 75 years of it. I

love peace and quiet. I love

Europe.”

Another of the letter writ-

ers, the prize-winning

Dutch-born author Michel

Faber, voiced the injured

sensibilities of some of the

estimated 3.5 million non-

British EU nationals who

have made the country their

home, some for decades, and

whose ability to continue liv-

ing here is now imperiled.

“A love letter to Europe?”

asked Faber, embraced by

his adopted Scotland for

works that include haunting

descriptions of the High-

lands. “I already wrote it, 26

years ago, to Britain, and I

thought the answer was yes”

— that Britain would remain

part of the European Union.

Rowling’s letter didn’t

mention the words “Harry

Potter” — why would she

need to, after all? Instead,

she wrote of being entranced

by Porto’s “spectacular

bridges, its vertiginous riv-

erbanks” and its melancholy

fado folk music.

And she dwelled at

length on a simpler, earlier

continental encounter: a

childhood pen-pal friend-

ship that blossomed into vis-

its with a German family,

providing young Joanne

from the Welsh borderlands

with a thrilling window into

another way of life.

Invoking a quotation by

Voltaire, “L’amitié est la pa-

trie” — “Where there is

friendship, there is our

homeland” — Rowling ad-

dressed her old school friend

by name.

“Hanna, I really don’t

want to lose my homeland,”

she wrote.

Braided together with

the letters’ sense of nostal-

gia and longing, though, was

a pronounced element of

self-examination — and self-

rebuke, not too dissimilar to

some Americans’ introspec-

tion after the 2016 election of

President Trump.

“It’s all very well for intel-

lectuals to enjoy the new lin-

guistic Babel of their com-

mon rooms, or of the stu-

dents at elite universities to

take advantage of the new

horizons that come with cul-

tural European collabora-

tion,” wrote Beard, the Cam-

bridge classicist. “But none

of that means very much to

the unemployed of, say, Bos-

ton, Lincolnshire” — the

northern English town that

cast the heaviest vote in fa-

vor of Brexit in 2016.

“Those of us who have

been the beneficiaries of

New Europe must face the

uncomfortable fact that we

are partly to blame for the

vote going, in our terms, so

badly wrong,” Beard contin-

ued. “Because we didn’t

stop, or we didn’t stop long

enough, to think of those

who are on the other side of

the cultural divide.”

Britons will have to wait

for the next Brexit chapter,

and it’s possible, even at this

late juncture, that political

machinations of coming

months will set the country

on a different path.

But a sense of impending

loss comes through clearly

in all the letters, including

the rueful benediction deliv-

ered in Gaiman’s epistolary

farewell.

“You’ll be fine without

me, my love,” he wrote. “How

I’ll be, without you, I’m not

so sure.”

British literary

figures mourn

Brexit prospect

A EUROPEAN UNIONflag hangs outside Parliament. Brexit is now on hold until Jan. 31, after an election.

Kirsty WigglesworthAssociated Press

[Brexit,from A1]

LONDON — Police in Vi-

etnam and Ireland made

three new arrests Friday in

the sprawling investigation

into the deaths of 39 people

found in a refrigerated truck

container in southeast Eng-

land last week.

Two people suspected of

organizing a human-smug-

gling operation in Vietnam

were arrested in Ha Tinh

province following reports

from 10 families there of

missing relatives, VTV tele-

vision reported.

Col. Nguyen Tien Nam,

deputy chief of Ha Tinh pro-

vincial police, was quoted as

saying the suspects were

directly involved in the case,

in which people who paid

smugglers to be taken to

England are now feared to be

among the bodies found in

the container.

Police said the suspects

have been organizing hu-

man smuggling in the area

for several years.

In Ireland, a 22-year-old

man was arrested in connec-

tion with the Oct. 23 discov-

ery of the bodies in what ap-

pears to have been a botched

human-smuggling opera-

tion. Essex police in Britain,

who issued the European

warrant on which he was ar-

rested, started extradition

proceedings to bring him to

the U.K. to face charges of

manslaughter.

A spokesman for the

Dublin High Court said Ea-

monn Harrison of Newry in

Northern Ireland appeared

in court Friday. He was or-

dered detained until a hear-

ing Nov. 11.

The investigation is gath-

ering speed, but authorities

have been unable to identify

the victims or say exactly

where they came from.

Police initially said the

victims were from China, but

the focus shifted to Vietnam

when families there re-

ported that they had not

heard from loved ones who

were in transit at the time.

In Britain, police have

charged 25-year-old Mau-

rice Robinson, also from

Northern Ireland, with 39

counts of manslaughter and

conspiracy to traffic hu-

mans. They say he drove the

cab of the truck to an Eng-

lish port, where it picked up

the container, which had

arrived by ferry from Zee-

brugge in Belgium.

British officials have

stepped up patrols in Pur-

fleet, the English port where

the container came in by

ferry. They have announced

an agreement with Belgium

to allow more British immi-

gration officers to be based

in Zeebrugge.

British police on Friday

asked two other suspects,

Ronan and Christopher

Hughes, to turn themselves

in.

Police say they have al-

ready spoken to Ronan

Hughes by telephone but

want to talk to the two

brothers in person.

U.K. truck deaths lead to arrests in Vietnam, Ireland

BUI THI PHUONGlights incense before a photo of her sister Bui Thi Nhung,
who was feared to be among the 39 found dead in a truck container in Britain.

Linh PhamGetty Images

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