The first volume of new poems
in
four years by a young modem
WELDON KEES'
poetry
is
in
the keenly
satirical modem tradition. He presents the facts
of disorder with accuracy, and poetic integra–
tion. His verse has appeared
in
several maga–
zines including
The Nation
and
Partisan Re–
view.
A selection of the
Poetry Book Club.
$2.00
THE FALL
OF THE MAGICIANS
The only work of a radical Haitian writer
to be translated into English
JACQUES ROUMAIN,
a leader of
Haiti's younger intellectuals, tells in this novel
of the Haitian peasant, the simple, moving
story of one enlightened man who sacrificed
himself to save his village. "A work of unusual
freshness and beauty."-N.
Y. Times Book Re–
view.
July
1
selection of the
Negro Book Club.
$2.50
MASTERS OF THE DEW
Translated by
Mercer Cook and Langston Hughes
Mexico's foremost young author writes
a novel of deep significance for today
JOSE REVUE'LTAS-
writing from a
deep kinship with his people- has created an
overwhelmingly powerful novel that traces the
lives of a group of natives awaiting death in a
flood. Their personalities emerge as symbols of
conflicting_social forces in Mexico and in the
world.
$2.50
THE STONE KNIFE
Translated 'by H. R. Hays
REYNAL
&
HITCHCOCK
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