Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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COLLECTED POEMS, by Lawrence Durrell. With a beauty of language rare among modern poets, Durrell celebrates children and his beloved Mediterranean world.
THE WAR MEMOIRS OF CHARLES DE GAULLE: VOL. III, SALVATION 1944-1946. The last volume of De Gaulle's Memoirs grimly but eloquently describes what happened when the triumphant hero found himself on home soil surrounded by politicians who, according to him, preferred intrigue and political anarchy to his...
A SEPARATE PEACE, by John Knowles. In this quietly brilliant exploration of adolescence, a youngster makes the discovery that hatred and admiration are mixed in his feelings for his best friend, and that hatred can be tragically stronger.
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE GODS, by André Malraux. With impressive erudition and zeal, Malraux tries to elevate the world's great art to the level of religion. He is persuasive enough when he finds the "spark of the divine" in religious art, less successful when he looks for...
THE EDGE OF DAY, by Laurie Lee. An English poet describes his poverty-stricken boyhood in Britain's Cotswolds with great good humor and lyrical delight.