Pasternak I Remember Autobiography and Translations
A Paris review of Boris Pasternak’s I Remember explores the autobiographical fragment and the Shakespeare essay. It notes Pasternak’s life from 1890 Moscow birth to multiple marriages, Nobel Prize controversy, and his literary influences from Blok and Mayakovsky shaping Zhivago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Zhivago
Feltrinelli
New York
Shakespeare
Pasternak
Moscow
Rosa Kaufman Pasternak
Leonid Pasternak
England
Boris
Scriabin
Berlin
Europe
Leo Tolstoy
Enin
Isadora Duncan
Mayakovsky
Bely
Petersburg
Blok
Cliburn's Fame Fueled by Faith and Now Global Adulation
The Van Cliburn legend unfolds from Kilgore Texas prayer meetings to Moscow triumphs. Chasins and Stiles note his church roots, Khrushchev hug, and town prayers that accompanied his rise. His earnings soar from days under $100 to tens of thousands per event, with a single Tchaikovsky recording projected to sell well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ethel Waters
Jenny Lind
Bohemia
van Cliburn
Doubleday
Abram Chasins
Villa Stiles
Chasins
Miss Stiles
Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Kilgore
Tex
Cliburn
Russia
Stiles
Cliburns
Chicago
Carnegie Hall
Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham
California
Texas
Tchaikovsky
Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr
Aildha Bee O'Bryan
Juilliard
Galahad and Merrill's Marauders in Burma
Ogburn recounts the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as Merrill’s Marauders and their Galahad operation in North Burma. The narrative follows brutal jungle warfare, constant malaria and disease, harsh leadership, and the soldiers’ grit amid broken promises and harsh realities of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingate
Gideon
Pacific
Bombay
Burma
Frank C. Merrill
Merrill
Ogburn
Col
Charles N. Hunter
Hunter
Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
Best Sellers List Highlights Fictions and Nonfiction
A newspaper note lists top books including Dr Zhivago Exodus The Ugly American Lolita Dear and Glorious Elizabeth the Great and a few nonfiction titles On the Communist threat and other works by Overstreet and Boone Readers see a mix of literary classics and political studies in current best sellers.
Adventures in Spain by Alexander Dumas in Travel Memoir Style
A 19th century travel narrative describes Alexandre Dumas visiting Spain for a royal wedding with his son and Maquet. The account notes adventures, dangers, food complaints, and vivid scenes from Cadiz Madrid Granada Seville and notable sights, interwoven with dramatic episodes in the Madrid arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Alexander Dumas
Alma Elizabeth Murch
Chilton
Dumas
Maquet
Paris
Shank
Cadiz
Giralda Tower
Seville
Alhambra
Granada
Escorial
Madrid
Opera in English Aims to Boost U S Opera Scene
Metropolitan Opera basso Je rome Hines argues that operas should be sung in English in this country to widen audiences and improve American opera. He cites language barriers for singers abroad, praises translations by Thomas Martin, and notes English performances could spur more American operas and better acting. He references Macbeth and La Bohème as examples of linguistic and audience differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera
Jerome Hines
America
la Scala
Germany
Hines
RCA Victor
Leonard Warren
Leonie Rysanek
Standin
United States
Italy
Thomas Martin
The
Met
Dark green homework pad aids restful sight at home
The text suggests placing a dark green paper pad on the home table to reduce glare for a child doing homework. It mentions a child with a school lunch and notes about extra small purchases like milk and tape, then shifts to a statistic about car ownership with 13 14 million of the current 54 million owning a different car and ends with an optimistic line about living with a brand new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Rosina Lhevinne
Leventritt
Mme. Lhevinne
America
Chasins
Washington
Cliburn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boris Pasternak
David Magarshack
Manya Harari
Pantheon
Associated Press Arts
Pianist van Cliburn
Harry
Bonaro
High Point
Pine ST
Ocean
Carraway
Washington ST
Warner’s Transfer & Storage Co
Thomasville
Jarrett
Stationery CO
N. Wrenn ST
the “Carillonic Bells
N. Main Street
High Point, N. C
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