Books Review of To Jerusalem and Back by Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow’s To Jerusalem and Back is nonfiction not a novel. The book records a writer intellectuals’ week in Israel with taped seminars and discussions, offering varied views and recollections. Readers seeking a traditional novel may be disappointed. it suits serious Middle East students and intellectuals.
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Jerusalem
Saul Bellow
Viking
Bellow
State of
Israel
Middle East
Dudley Lehew
Associated Press
Steinbeck's Arthur retellings fall short of Malory’s
AP Books Editor Phil Thomas reviews John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, praising the aim to modernize but criticizing the prose as simplistic. He argues Steinbeck strips away Malory's cadence and dignity, producing a dampened, less noble retelling.
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Arthur
John Steinbeck
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Sir Thomas Malory
Steinbeck
Knights of the Round Table
Malory
Uther Pendragon
England
Cornwall
Duke of
Phil Thomas AP
The Speck Case Detailed in 67 Hours of Capture
A book review notes The Super Sleuths by Bruce Henderson and Sam Summerlin recounts the 1966 Richard Speck murders and the subsequent 67 hours in Chicago police custody seen through the actions of Det. Sgt.
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Bruce Henderson
Sam Summerlin
Macmillan
Chicago
Richard Speck
Homefront novel depicts Bentley Georgia wartime changes
Winston M Estes drafts a lengthy portrait of American life on the home front during World War II. In Bentley Georgia the Holly family endures loss and social shifts as two sons and two daughters navigate enlistment, tragedy, romance, and espionage shadows.
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Homefront
Winston M. Estes
Lippincott
Walter Lippmann
Lippmann
Winston M Estes
Estes
Bentley
Georgia
Holly
Alex Holly
Alan Arkin to Direct Fire Sale with Family Cast
Hollywood notes say Alan Arkin plans to direct and act in Fire Sale a comedy about rival family factions. Co stars Rob Reiner Vincent Gardenia and Kay Medford, with Barbra Dana and his three sons likely joining. Ephron weighs in on women on TV and Mary Tyler Moore.
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Hollywood
NEA
Alan Arkin
Arkin
Peole
Charlie Chaplin
Lurence Olivier
Orson Welles
Mel Brooks
Woody Allen
Sale
Rob Reiner
Vincent Gardenia
Kay Medford
Barbara Dana
Adam
Matthew
Tony
Alan
Nora Ephron
Mary Tyler Moore
Ephron
Edith Bunker
Edith
Rhoda
Joe
Phyllis
Kissinger Ends Travel Era with Home Return
Henry Kissinger returns from a six day trip to Brussels and London after 39 months as secretary of state. He says no more foreign trips, plans to de compress, and hints at possible future government service. The farewell voyage included media briefings and a retriever at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
London
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Kremlin
Peking
Afghanistan
Zambia
U.S. Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Tyler
Brussels
Press Underground
NATO
Minis
Monument Dedication Honors Civil Rights Trio in Mississippi
In Philadelphia Mississippi a 100 strong crowd braved rain to dedicate a seven foot monument for James Chaney Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman slain in 1964 They were killed after investigating Mt Zion Methodist Church burning and their bodies found in an earthen dam. The grave marker lists their birth dates and dates of death. Loreda Fox organized a two year dollar by dollar drive.
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Philadelphia
Loreda Fox
James Chaney
Meridian
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Fox
Mt. Nebo
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