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FICTION: Final Payments, Mary Gordon ∙Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories, Gabriel Garcia Màrquez ∙Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer ∙The Execution of Mayor Yin, Chen Jo-hsi ∙The Left-Handed Woman, Peter Handke The World According to Garp, John Irving
Alas, the picture does not come off because execution does not match conception. Simon's literary palette is as lacking in delicate hues as Director Moore's visual one. It is bold to plunk Rick's cafe down in Sam Spade's San Francisco. It is...
Final Payments, Mary Gordon ∙Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer ∙ The Execution of Mayor Yin, Chen Jo-hsi ∙The Left-Handed Woman, Peter Handke ∙The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse, edited by Kingsley Amis ∙The World According to Garp, John Irving
THE EXECUTION OF MAYOR YIN AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION
All these affecting stories are chronicles of personal trial. Keng Erh is a scientist, returned from America, who enjoys the privileged status of a leading intellectual: a maid, a small apartment of his own, even a refrigerator. But he is forbidden to marry the woman of his choice because of...