The Books That Take Revenge, Centuries Later
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Who Came Up With That?
Contrary to what we think of as intellectual property, most ideas are difficult to trace back to one human mind.
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Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog was seen as a countercultural milestone, but his new book reveals his alliances with the powerful.
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Eight of the Most Fascinating Biographies to Read
Each is animated by the author’s love—for their subject, for language, and for pushing the boundaries of what the genre can do.
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World
Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
Seven Books to Read When You Have No Time to Read
These titles are worth picking up, even if you have only a moment to spare.
Grieve for the Dear Departed
A native of Belfast, Ireland , BRIAN MOORE is now living on Long Island and using his Guggenheim to work on his third novel. His first book, THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE, was chosen by the New York TIMES as one of the ten outstanding novels of 1956. His second, THE FEAST OF LUPERCAL, was equally well received by the critics.
Rode the Great Captain
Author and teather, ESTHER WAGNER now plans to spend her summers in northwestern California, and her winters in Tacoma, Washington. In the autumn she will join the faculty of the College of Puget Sound, where she will teach creative writing and continue work on her novel and short stories.
The Run for the Elbertas
A short-story writer of sensitivity who has lived for most of his career in the mountains of Kentucky, JAMES STILL is the librarian at Berea College and the author of tales which hare perfectly reproduced the sound and savor of the Elizabethan language that survives in those remote uplands.
The Last Running
A free-lance writer and part-time teacher , JOHN GRAVES served in the Marine Corps during World War II and taught at the University of Texas before he decided to make a career of his writing. For several years he lived in New York and in Spain, and since his return to his native Texas he has been doing a good bit of digging into the local history. The following story is one of the first fruits of these efforts.
The Aftertaste
Playwright, actor, and producer, PETER USTINOVis now in Hollywood, where with Sir Laurence Olivier he is starring in the new film being made from How ard Fast’s novel, SPARTACUS. Meanwhile, he continues to write for the ATLANTIChis original and unorthodox stories, each one of them probing into a new aspect of contemporary life.
The Sacrificial Egg
A short story
Ajaiyi and the Witch Doctor
A Nigerian novelist born in 1920,AMOS ‘TUTUOLA came to his writing the hard way. He was educated in the Salvation Army School and at the Anglican Central School at Abeokuta, and he helped to earn the necessary fees by working on his father’s farm, selling firewood. and doing odd jobs. His economic status improved when he became a coppersmith in the West African Air Corps. Today he is the author of several books, chief among themTHE PALM-WINE DRUNKARD.
Escape by Passport
English novelist GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD came to the ATLANTIC with his first story. “The Salvation of Pisco Gabar. A born linguist who graduated from Magdalen College. Oxford, he worked as a bank clerk in Rumania. sold bananas in France and in Spain, was a British security officer in the Middle East during World War II. and finally settled down to write. All this is told with humor in his revealing book, AGAINST THE WIND, recently published by Atlantic-Little, Brown.
The Wingless Icarus
Playwright, actor, and producer, PETER USTINOV has recently been starring in his own play, ROMANOFF AND JULIET,and making an unforgettable impression on television in the role of Danton. Simultaneously he has been uriting in longhand for the ATLANTIC a series of stories, each of which in its entertaining way invites us to scrutinize a particular area of contemporary society.
The Slip
A native of Chicago, ESTHER WAGNERdid her undergraduate work at Bryn Mawr and taught there before getting her Ph.D. Now married, she is living in northwestern California, where she devotes full time to the writing of her novel and short stories. In April, 1958, we published “ Beat Down Frigid Rome,” which won first prize among our Atlantic “Firsts.”