NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKS
NO LONGER HUMAN
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Osamu Dazai
This second novel by the author of
The Setting Sun,
which many
critics considered one of the finest novels to come out of post-war
Japan, further illuminates contemporary Japan. Translated by Donald
Keene.
$3.50
ACONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
An
outstanding young San Francisco poet here presents his witty,
warm,
gay, often mocking and ironic poems, some of which were written
to
be
spoken against a jazz background. An ND Paperbook Original. $1.00
THE COLOSSUS OF MAROUSSI
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Henry Miller
This illuminating travel book about Greece generally has been Henry
Miller's most praised work. "It gives a feeling of the country and the
people that I have never gotten from any modern book" (Edmund
Wilson) . ND Paperbook 75.
$1.25
SELECTED POEMS
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Kenneth Patchen
Enlarged by 64 pages, this new edition of Kenneth Patchen's
Selected Poems
now
affords a view of over 20 years of work- by a poet "whose imagination seems
as
unlimited as the varied scope of his themes"
(Louisville Courier-Journal).
In–
cluded are all the poems recorded for the Cadence LP.
$2.00
PAVANNES AND DIVIGATIONS
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Ezra Pound
A collection of Pound's lighter pieces--witty poems, burlesques, humourous
di–
versions and essays--many of which have never before been available in book
form.
$4.75
POEMS
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Emma Swan
Emma Swan, whose book of poems,
The Lion and the Lady,
was published by
New
Directions in 1950, now presents a new collection of poetry written during
the
past few years.
$3.00
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
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Tennessee Williams
"As an exercise that is both literary and dramatic, this brief, withering play is
a superb achievement" (Brooks Atkinson,
N. Y. Times). Suddenly Last Summer
is
the
longer play of Tennessee Williams' current off-Broadway success,
Garden Dis–
trict.
(The shorter play on the program,
Something Unspoken,
is already available
in
27
Wagons Full of Cotton.)
$2.50
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