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December 4, 1997 Issue
- 16 Articles
[+]
Nomad
(2 Reviews)
John Ryle
, pp. 6-7
With Chatwin, by Susannah Clapp
With Chatwin
by Susannah Clapp
Anatomy of Restlessness
by Bruce Chatwin
[+]
A Nice German Lady
(2 Reviews)
James Fenton
, pp. 8-9
The Queen, by Ben Pimlott
The Queen
by Ben Pimlott
The Royals
by Kitty Kelley
[+]
Can Genitals Be Beautiful?
(Review)
John Updike
, pp. 10-13
Egon Schiele, by Magdalena Dabrowski and Rudolf Leopold
Egon Schiele
by Magdalena Dabrowski and Rudolf Leopold
[+]
India: The Perils of Democracy
(2 Reviews)
Ian Buruma
, pp. 14-18
The Idea of India, by Sunil Khilnani
The Idea of India
by Sunil Khilnani
The Hindu Nationalist Movement in India
by Christophe Jaffrelot
[+]
Not Getting the Lesson of the Master
(2 Reviews)
Louis Menand
, pp. 19-21
Washington Square (1997 Film), by Agnieszka Holland
Washington Square (1997 Film)
by Agnieszka Holland
The Wings of the Dove (1997 Film)
by Iain Softley
[+]
The Drama of Whittaker Chambers
(2 Reviews)
Theodore Draper
, pp. 22-25
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, by Sam Tanenhaus
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
by Sam Tanenhaus
Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case
by Allen Weinstein
The Euro
Josef Joffe
, pp. 26-31
The Engine That Couldn't
[+]
The Croatians Are Coming
(Review)
Robert Stone
, pp. 32-33
Toward the End of Time, by John Updike
Toward the End of Time
by John Updike
[+]
The War Over the Family
(5 Reviews)
Andrew Hacker
, pp. 34-38
The Time Bind, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
The Time Bind
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
The Divorce Culture
by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
The Assault on Parenthood
by Dana Mack
The Way We Really Are
by Stephanie Coontz
[+]
'Ice and Fire and Solitude'
(Review)
Helen Vendler
, pp. 39-42
Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose, by Frank Kermode, Joan Richardson, and Wal...
Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose
by Frank Kermode, Joan Richardson, and Wallace Stevens, ...
[+]
Sugihara's List
(Review)
Murray Sayle
, pp. 43-46
In Search of Sugihara, by Hillel Levine
In Search of Sugihara
by Hillel Levine
[+]
The New Aristocracy
(Review)
Thomas L. Haskell
, pp. 47-52
Death of the Guilds, by Elliott Krause
Death of the Guilds
by Elliott Krause
[+]
Passage to Brooklyn
(Review)
Edwin Frank
, pp. 53-54
The Ordinary Seaman, by Francisco Goldman
The Ordinary Seaman
by Francisco Goldman
[+]
America and the Bosnia Genocide
(12 Reviews)
Mark Danner
, pp. 55-64
A Witness to Genocide, by Roy Gutman
A Witness to Genocide
by Roy Gutman
Seasons in Hell
by Ed Vulliamy
The Tenth Circle of Hell
by Rezak Hukanovic
Late-Breaking Foreign Policy
by Warren P. Strobel
The Serbs
by Tim Judah
Rape Warfare
by Beverly Allen
The Bridge Betrayed
by Michael A. Sells
U. S. and Russian Policymaking with Respect to the Use of Force
by Jeremy R. Azrael and Emil A. Payin
The Conceit of Innocence
by Stjepan G. Mestrovic
This Time We Knew
by Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic
Genocide in Bosnia
by Norman Cigar
Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West
by David Rieff
Letters
Johnathan Sunley, Misha Glenny, Louise Asml, and Timothy Garton Ash, ...
, pp. 65-68
Cover: 'Act of Love' (1915)
Egon Schiele
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