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December 4, 1986 Issue
- 14 Articles
[+]
A House Is Not a Home
(4 Reviews)
Diane Johnson
, pp. 3-6
Home: A Short History of an Idea, by Witold Rybczynski
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
House
by Tracy Kidder
The Englishman's Room
by Alvilde Lees-Milne
Designs for Interiors
by Stephen Calloway
[+]
Mr. Updike's Planet
(Review)
Frederick Crews
, pp. 7-14
Roger's Version, by John Updike
Roger's Version
by John Updike
[+]
Prisoner of Success
(Review)
Jefferson Morley
, pp. 15-20
Duarte: My Story, by Jose Napoleon Duarte
Duarte: My Story
by Jose Napoleon Duarte
[+]
An Excellent Man
(Review)
John Bayley
, pp. 21-22
Chekhov, by Henri Troyat
Chekhov
by Henri Troyat
[+]
A New New Testament
(Review)
J.M. Cameron
, pp. 23-27
The First Coming, by Thomas Sheehan
The First Coming
by Thomas Sheehan
[+]
Not So Common Man
(3 Reviews)
Kenneth S. Davis
, pp. 28-38
Truman: The Rise to Power, by Richard Lawrence Miller
Truman: The Rise to Power
by Richard Lawrence Miller
Bess W. Truman
by Margaret Truman
Truman
by Roy Jenkins
[+]
All in the Family
(3 Reviews)
Rosemary Dinnage
, p. 39
The Secret Trauma, by Diana E.H. Russell
The Secret Trauma
by Diana E.H. Russell
The Original Sin
by William Arens
Forbidden Partners
by James B. Twitchell
[+]
She's Got Rhythm
(Review)
Denis Donoghue
, pp. 40-43
The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore, by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore
by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
[+]
The Betrayed People
(3 Reviews)
Margo Picken
, pp. 44-48
Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor, by Jose Ramos-Horta
Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor
by Jose Ramos-Horta
East Timor Violations of Human Rights
Timor: A People Betrayed
by James Dunn
[+]
Secrets of the Old One
(Review)
Martin Gardner
, pp. 49-50
Was Einstein Right?, by Clifford M. Will
Was Einstein Right?
by Clifford M. Will
[+]
The Theater of Ethics
(Review)
Bernard Knox
, pp. 51-56
The Fragility of Goodness, by Martha C. Nussbaum
The Fragility of Goodness
by Martha C. Nussbaum
From a West-East Diary
Robert Craft
, pp. 57-59
Letters
Page Smith, Richard Ohmann, and C. Vann Woodward, ...
, pp. 60-64
Cover Drawing
David Levine
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