Parvenu among capitals THE BERLINERS review
Walter Henry Nelson’s Berliners is a long dispassionate study of Berlin’s character, politics, and people. It notes the city’s liberal contradictions, Cold War tensions, and enduring atmosphere while criticizing omissions and the author’s Bonn-centric view. The book blends facts, sketches, and current sources to chart Berlin’s uncertain future.
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Contrasts in Slaughterhouse Five and A Winter in the Hills
A British and an American novel offer contrasts in tone and purpose. Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five blends black comedy with a war atrocity narrative, while John Wain’s A Winter in the Hills presents a straight, humane North Wales bildungsroman.
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Roger Furnivall
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World of Charles Dickens review highlights lavish memorial trend
Angus Wilson's The World of Charles Dickens is praised as an illuminating, well designed biography and a solid introduction to the novelist. The critic notes the era’s memorial trend, the value of Wilson's insights, and suggests future revaluations may be needed beyond traditional life-and-times narratives.
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Angus Wilson
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Journal of a Novel East of Eden Letters review
Steinbeck's Journal of a Novel East of Eden Letters chronicles his daily writing ritual with Pascal Covici. It traces the genesis of East of Eden from Salinas Valley roots to the final ma nificent yet faulted work.
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Eden
Spock book critiques personal and political behavior
Dr Benjamin Spock's Decent and In Decent analyzes how childhood repression shapes adult attitudes and national culture. He argues American Puritan heritage leads to prudish limits and noisy paradoxes in sex, violence, and global behavior, offering censors' guidelines and view on education. The review notes his public stance on Vietnam War and meditations on his own actions.
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Unbelievable Salvation Fenella Phizackerley Review
A critical take on Margar Forster's novel featuring Fenella Phizackerley who is celebrated for beauty yet lacking in redeeming traits. The reviewer argues the heroine remains stagnant, the author fails to develop her, and the plot offers little growth or believability despite vivid descriptive prose.
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Margaret Forster
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