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.
The Questionable Triumph of the ‘Baling Wire Hippies’
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.
A Tune on a Bass Drum
GEORGE H. FREITAGis a sign painter by profession whose sensitive stories have appeared in our pages from time to time. He is now teaching an evening course in writing at Pasadena City College.
The Pride of the Morning
A graduate of Vassar and the mother of a small son, SUE KAUFMAN is married to a doctor and lives in New York City. She is the author of two novels, THE HAPPY SUMMER DAYS and GREEN HOLLY, both published by Scribner’s, and is now working on short stories.
New Year's Eve
GERARD BRUCKER is a graduate of Stanford University and a former newspaperman who more than a year ago decided to devote full time to writing. The father of a teen-aged son and daughter, Mr. Brucker has lived continuously in California since 1930 with the exception of his service in the Army Air Force during World War II.
Doctor Gregor and the Evil One
Playwright, novelist, and poet, MIROSLAV KRLEŽA is one of the two most eminent men of letters in Yugoslavia.In his first plays and poems, published in 1914 when he was twenty, and in his early novels, there was evidence not only of his creative gifts but also of his philosophical approach to his times. A prolific writer, Mr. Krleža has produced as much nonfiction as fiction.
Neighbors
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961, Ivo ANDRIĆ is of Serbian ancestry and by common consent one of the two most eminent writers of fiction in Yugoslavia, He is best known for his short stories and for his novels, BOSNIAN STORYand THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA, both of which have been translated into English. His latest novel, DEVIL’S YARD,was published in October by Grove Press.
Foxy
A Southern writer whose short stories and whose first novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD,appeared under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint, JESSE HILL FORD, after a year of travel in Norway, has returned to his home country in Humboldt, Tennessee.
Longface
A young writer who lives in Iowa City, Iowa, ANDREW FETLERis at present enrolled in Paul Engel’s writers’ workshop at the State University of Iowa, where he has a fellowship.
A Tale of Happiness and Unhappiness
A student of Kafka and a lover of symbols, MIODRAG BULATOVIĆis a Montenegrin whose formal education did not begin until he was fourteen and who is today the most widely discussed young novelist in Yugoslavia. His latest novel, THE RED COCK FLIES TO HEAVEN,has appeared in eighteen foreign edit ions, and the American edition teas published this autumn by Bernard Geis Associates.
Rome by Night
Born in Leghorn of an Italian father and a Greek mother, MARIO PICCHI has lived in Rome since 1939. A book of his short stories, ROMA DI GIORNO, was published in Milan in 1960. The following story was translated by Elaine Maclachlan.
The Coachman's Story
MAURO SENESIis a young Florentine journalist whose first stories in English appeared in the ATLANTIC last November. In the English versions of his short stories, Mr. Senesi has had the collaboration of Elaine Maclachlan.