Out of print for more than 60 years, this is Stein's paean to America, a compendium of prose pieces and poems—most of which were unpublished when the American expatriate collected them for book publication in the early 1920's. Among the subjects Stein covers here are Woodrow Wilson, Chicago, Sherwood Anderson, Baltimore, and the difference between the South and the North, all written about in the classic Stein manner—so many readers will no doubt be grateful for the illuminating foreword by Edward Burns, literary executor of the Alice B. Toklas estate, and the introduction by Keith Waldrop, executive director of Brown U.'s graduate writing program. At once, and often, polished and impenetrable, this is prime Stein—e.g., on the "The Difference Between the Inhabitants of France and the Inhabitants of the United States of America": ". . .To guess which is which. Which is which. Guess. Two guess. Which is which. . ."
Pub Date: Jan. 23, 1988
ISBN: 1581770766
Page Count: 248
Publisher: Station Hill
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2012
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1988
BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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