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May 17, 1990 Issue
- 18 Articles
[+]
The Communist Party Cut-Up
(Review)
David Remnick
, pp. 3-5
Against the Grain: An Autobiography, by Boris Yeltsin
Against the Grain: An Autobiography
by Boris Yeltsin
[+]
The Real Thing
(Review)
John Bayley
, pp. 6-7
The Book of Evidence, by John Banville
The Book of Evidence
by John Banville
[+]
Reconstructing Andrew Johnson
(Review)
Eric L. McKitrick
, p. 8
Andrew Johnson: A Biography, by Hans L. Trefousse
Andrew Johnson: A Biography
by Hans L. Trefousse
[+]
Monet's Way
(4 Reviews)
Jack Flam
, pp. 9-13
Monet in the 90s, by Paul Hayes Tucker
Monet in the 90s
by Paul Hayes Tucker
Monet by Himself
by Richard Kendall
Impressions of Giverny
by Charles Weckler
Monet's Table
by Claire Joyes
On Gorbachev, An Introduction
Elena Bonner and Czeslaw Milosz
, pp. 14-16
On the Empress's Mind
John Ashbery
, p. 17
[+]
The Fall of Jim Wright
(3 Reviews)
Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 18-21
The Ambition and the Power, by John M. Barry
The Ambition and the Power
by John M. Barry
Reflections of a Public Man
by Jim Wright
To Kill a King
by George Mair
Top of the World
Robert Craft
, pp. 22-29
A Nepal Diary
[+]
The Rebel
(Review)
David Brion Davis
, pp. 30-33
The Future of the Past, by C. Vann Woodward
The Future of the Past
by C. Vann Woodward
The Bulgarian Offensive
Jeri Laber
, pp. 34-36
Interiors
Blaga Dimitrova
, p. 37
[+]
Short Satisfactions
(3 Reviews)
Robert Towers
, pp. 38-39
Friend of My Youth, by Alice Munro
Friend of My Youth
by Alice Munro
Family Sins, and Other Stories
by William Trevor
Men Under Water
by Ralph Lombreglia
[+]
Spinoza and the Happy Few
(2 Reviews)
Stuart Hampshire
, pp. 40-41
Spinoza and Other Heretics, Vol. I, by Yirmiyahu Yovel
Spinoza and Other Heretics, Vol. I
by Yirmiyahu Yovel
Spinoza and Other Heretics, Vol. II
by Yirmiyahu Yovel
On Sarah Vaughan
Murray Kempton
, p. 42
[+]
New Trouble in Panama
(2 Reviews)
Michael Massing
, pp. 43-48
Our Man in Panama, by John Dinges
Our Man in Panama
by John Dinges
Divorcing the Dictator
by Frederick Kempe
Letters
Robert Scholes, Robert M. Adams, and Guri Lie Zeckendorf, ...
, p. 49
'The Constitution in Danger'
Lawrence J. Block, David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Theodore Draper, ...
, pp. 50-56
An Exchange
Cover Drawing
David Levine
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