Gore Vidal, Band 135Twayne Publishers, 1968 - 157 Seiten A critical discussion of the author, his work and beliefs. |
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... City and the Pillar.11 " I was twenty - one when I wrote The City and the Pillar , " re- calls Vidal . " I was bored with playing it safe . I wanted to take risks , to try something no American had done before . I decided to examine the ...
... City and the Pillar.11 " I was twenty - one when I wrote The City and the Pillar , " re- calls Vidal . " I was bored with playing it safe . I wanted to take risks , to try something no American had done before . I decided to examine the ...
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... City and the Pillar was a shocking book , and as such it probably deserves credit for helping make the more permissive , less hypocritical social milieu which now regards the book as a sociological as much as a literary phenomenon ...
... City and the Pillar was a shocking book , and as such it probably deserves credit for helping make the more permissive , less hypocritical social milieu which now regards the book as a sociological as much as a literary phenomenon ...
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... city to city , from town to town , from one group to another . We're all traveling : that's the condi- tion of our time and we seem , in spite of reactionaries who'd like us dancing on the village green , to thrive on this sort of life ...
... city to city , from town to town , from one group to another . We're all traveling : that's the condi- tion of our time and we seem , in spite of reactionaries who'd like us dancing on the village green , to thrive on this sort of life ...
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