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THINGS
FALL APART
A novel by
Chinua Achebe
SUMMER'S
LEASE
A novel by
Constance Pendergast
SIGHT AND
INSIGHT
by Alexander Eliot
Art Editor,
Time
This subtle novel movingly dramatizes
the life of an African tribe in the years
before-and for a brief time after–
the coming of the white man. Through
the central story of a tribal strong man
threatened by the impact of an alien
world, the author-a young Nigerian
-weaves threads of native customs
and rituals that unobtrusively reveal
the early culture of a people now on
the threshold of independence. $3.75
A superior first novel, written with
such intelligence, sensitivity, and com–
mand of language that it lifts a poig–
nant, romantic idyll to the heights of
art. It's an adult story of a young girl
hovering reluctantly on the brink of
womanhood, who finds maturity only
after her passionate, near-perfect love
affair with a moody, self-centered ar–
tist ends in tragedy.
$4.50
What is needed
to
make art live for
more people is a personal approach by
an authority who never talks down but
who
does
dare discuss the human and
spiritual values in art.
Sight and In–
sight
is just such a work, illuminating
the whole range of painting, sculpture
and architecture. "An art book extraor–
dinary! Gentle as a dove and yet com–
prehensively informed as to the modern
world."
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS.
$3.50
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