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...BRONX PRIMITIVE: PORTRAITS IN A CHILDHOOD by Kate Simon Viking; 179 pages...
...setting of Bronx Primitive seems strange turf for the Yankee Clipper of the travel book (New York, Places and Pleasures; England's Green and Pleasant Land). In fact, she is at home in every sense. Kate is not short for Katherine but an alteration of Kaila, the name her Polish-Jewish parents gave her when she was born in Warsaw nearly 70 years ago. Simon took her first trip at age four, in steerage, aboard the Susquehanna, bound for New York City. There she grew up in neighborhoods where English had many accents...
When Steinbrenner sacks Lemon later this season, the manager will become the seventh field leader scuttled by Steinbrenner in nine years. During that time, the Bronx Bombers have racked up five divisional championships, four American League pennants, and two world championships...
...Domostroy, a once prominent classical composer perfectly content at being reduced to playing the piano at a "pinball joint that tries to pass for a nightclub." Like most of Kosinski's heros, Domostroy lives on the fringes of normal morality and society. In an abandoned ballroom in the South Bronx, he spends his time feeding his rather unusual sexual appetite, playing the piano for gas money and drawing royalties...
...Some ostentatiously unload home computers on the first day and effectively guarantee a summer of alienation right there. Others talk only about science fiction, and some boast prodigious drug habits. These are the kids who read the newspapers and know every battle of the Vietnam War, Many come from Bronx High School of Science, where they win debating trophies or excel at ping pong...