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December 3, 1998 Issue
- 17 Articles
[+]
Destiny in Any Case
(Review)
Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 4-7
I Will Bear Witness, Vol. II, by Victor Klemperer
I Will Bear Witness, Vol. II
by Victor Klemperer
[+]
Democracy for Sale
(Review)
Lars-Erik Nelson
, pp. 8-10
The Buying of the Congress, by Charles Lewis
The Buying of the Congress
by Charles Lewis
[+]
Jackson Whole
(Review)
John Updike
, pp. 11-13
Jackson Pollock, by Kirk Varnedoe
Jackson Pollock
by Kirk Varnedoe
[+]
The Big American Crime
(4 Reviews)
Edmund S. Morgan
, pp. 14-18
Many Thousands Gone, by Ira Berlin
Many Thousands Gone
by Ira Berlin
Slave Counterpoint
by Philip D. Morgan
Remembering Slavery
by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller
Africans in America
by Charles Richard Johnson and Patricia Smith
A Letter on Germany
George Kennan
, pp. 19-20
[+]
China is Near
(Review)
Richard Jenkyns
, pp. 21-23
The Chan's Great Continent, by Jonathan D. Spence
The Chan's Great Continent
by Jonathan D. Spence
[+]
Scientists Behaving Badly
(Review)
David L. Hull
, pp. 24-31
The Baltimore Case, by Daniel J. Kevles
The Baltimore Case
by Daniel J. Kevles
[+]
Grand Illusions
(Review)
James Fenton
, pp. 32-35
New Worlds from Old, by Elizabeth B. Johns and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, ...
New Worlds from Old
by Elizabeth B. Johns and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, ...
[+]
The Solzhenitsyn Archipelago
(Review)
Michael Scammell
, pp. 36-40
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, by D.M. Thomas
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
by D.M. Thomas
[+]
Footprints of a Shadow
(7 Reviews)
W.S. Merwin
, pp. 41-43
A Centenary Pessoa, by Eugenio Lisboa, L.C. Taylor, and Fernando Pessoa, ...
A Centenary Pessoa
by Eugenio Lisboa, L.C. Taylor, and Fernando Pessoa, ...
Poems of Fernando Pessoa
by Edwin Honig, Susan M. Brown, and Fernando Pessoa, ...
Fernando Pessoa: Selected Poems
by Richard Zenith and Fernando Pessoa
Always Astonished
by Fernando Pessoa and Edwin Honig
The Keeper of Sheep
by Fernando Pessoa
An Introduction to Fernando Pessoa
by Darlene J. Sadlier
The Presence of Pessoa
by George Monteiro
[+]
Out of Novemberland
(Review)
Andre Aciman
, pp. 44-47
The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald
The Rings of Saturn
by W.G. Sebald
[+]
The Hack of Genius
(Review)
P.N. Furbank
, pp. 48-50
Daniel Defoe, by Richard West and Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
by Richard West and Daniel Defoe
[+]
A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
(Review)
Tony Judt
, pp. 51-58
Realms of Memory, by Lawrence D. Kritzman
Realms of Memory
by Lawrence D. Kritzman
The Watchman's Lament
Ted Hughes
, p. 59
'Higher Superstition'
Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, and R.C. Lewontin
, p. 59
An Exchange
Letters
Rick Wallach, A.O. Scott, John Szarkowski, and Henry Allen, ...
, pp. 60-64
Cover: "One: Number 31, 1950"
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