What the critics are saying
about the new novel by
Lenore Marshall
N. Y•.Herald Tribune: "Lenore Marshall is a poet as well
as a novelist, and
The Hill Is Level
has a dimension
unusual jn prose fiction • . . a lyric depth."
Indianapolis News: "Mrs. Marshall's prose is powerful,
impelling; it rings with the solidity and beauty of the
classics • • . mature and intelligent novel . . • without
qualification,
The Hill Is Level
must be considered to
be one of the really excellent novels of contemporary
literature."
New York Tlmell "A novel of philosophical ideas and
literary culture, of moral idealism and social criticism.
The central theme is a woman's struggle to emancipate
herself and to lead a good life."
Chicago Trlbunel "Mrs. Marshall's small girls are as
real as any I can recall in fiction."
Detroit Timesl "Probes love in all its aspects. The love
of man and wife, of lover and beloved, of passion for the
sake of conquest . . • but mostly it·concerns itself with
mother.love."
Erich Fromml "Characters come fully to life; all are
real persons and there is real analytic insight into their
core. Naturally I like very· much the concept of love
as it is presented throughout the novel."
Alk your bookseller for
THE HILL IS LEVEL
A novel
by
LENORE MARSHALL
A
$4.95. Random House
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