NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKS
YUKIO MISHIMA / Death in Midsummer
Nine short stories and a "modern no play" by Japan's foremost novelist. "There
is no question of Mishima's versatility and lively talent, nor, thanks to the flaw–
less translations is there any doubt of his virtuosity as a stylist."-HoWARD
HIBBETT, Saturday Review.
Hardbound,
$5.50;
Paperback, $2.25
BLAISE CENDRARS / Selected Writin9s
A representative selection of the prose and poetry of one of the most remarkable
French writers of this century. Edited by Walter Albert, with a foreword by
Henry Miller. (Poetry bilingual)
Hardbound,
$5.95;
Paperback, $2.25
DYLAN THOMAS / The Doctor and the Devils
A full-length scenario and other hitherto unpublished scripts comprising the
poet's principal works for film and radio. "A superb job of imaginative re–
construction, rich in poetic quality." CHICAGO TRIBUNE (of the title script).
Hardbound, $5.00
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI / Starting from San Francisco
Humorous and bitingly satiric comment on the social scene, political "broad–
sides," and personal lyrics, by the author of the best-selling book of poems,
A Coney Island of the Mind
(over a quarter of a million books in print) . First
paperback edition. $1.95 (Ready in October)
KENNETH PATCHEN / Hallelujah Anyway
Picture-poems blending word and image in visually compelling patterns of
shape and meaning delighting both the mind and the eye. This handsome
volume will make a most unusual Christmas gift.
Hardbound,
$5.00 (Ready in
October)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS / The Knightly Quest
A previously unpublished novella in Williams's new comic-satiric vein, combining
deadly seriousness with hilarious humor, together with four short stories written
with a mastery of style both powerful and moving.
Hardbound,
$5.00 (Ready in
November)
NEW DIRECTIONS
19 /
Anthology
A panorama of advance-guard literature representing many important
U.S.
writers together with translations from French, German, Spanish, Portuguese,
Swedish, and Chinese.
Hardbound,
$6.00 (Ready in November)
LOUIS-FERDINAND CRINE / Death on the Installment Plan
A brilliant new unexpurgated translation by Ralph Manheim of the French
classic which, when first published in 1933, revolutionized the approach to
fiction.
Hardbound,
$7.50 (Ready in November)
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