Vol. 26 No. 1 1959 - page 5

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Just published .
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and all admirable! '
JOHN UPDIKB
THE POORHOUSE FAIR
The author of
The' Carpentered Hen
has written an arresting
and unusual first novel which proves him to be one of the most
exciting and mature writers to appear in years.
IJ.50
JAMB MERRILL
THE COUNTRY OF
A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE
A 'brilliant collection of' new verse, compounded of wit and
elegance and the complex virtues of the deeply thought and
felt, by the author of
First Poems
and
The Seraglio.
IJ.95
BA_6'111DAN
BEBAN
BORSTAL BOY
A startling but fascinating memoir much like the author him–
self-large, loud, bawdy, disrespectful, friendly, poetic, sensi–
tive, religious. By the author of
The Quare Fellow.
14.50
asa.L'.o"lllt6-.JOLD HAUSER
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART HISTORY
An important book
in
which the author of
The Social History
of
Art
deals with the methodology of art history and with the
varieties, values, and interpretations of art. 448
pages, 17.50
GEORGE
STEINBR
TOLSTOY OR DOSTOEVSKY
A profound study of the basic beliefs and central myths behind
the major novels of the two great Russians. Illustrated,15.75
At most bookstores
ALFRED A. KNOPF
Publisher
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