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Raditzer, by Peter Matthiessen. Writing with an incisiveness that recalls Conrad, Novelist Matthiessen tells a harsh tale of a parasite and a host-the one a whining Army goldbricker, the other a strong and decent man who is subtly chivied into becoming the sniveler's protector...
Raditzer, by Peter Matthiessen. Writing with an incisiveness that recalls Conrad, Novelist Matthiessen tells a harsh tale of a parasite and a host-the one a whining Army goldbricker, the other a strong and decent man who is subtly chivied into becoming the sniveler's protector...
...born illegitimate, raised in an orphanage, never knew a decent woman, never had a chance. He ducks his sea duty and Charlie Stark fills in for him. He is loud, cowardly, physically repulsive and yet arrogant. In a sensitive character probe which recalls the sharp male insights of Joseph Conrad, Author Matthiessen shows how disgust and almost unwilling compassion are at war in civilized Charlie Stark and how compassion always wins. Raditzer's only defense against the naked revulsion of his fellows is the claim that Stark is his buddy. And Stark, admired by everyone and abused...
...Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken. The author may be a little old-fashioned-he writes of inner torment without becoming mired in Freudianism-but his short stories are all well cut, and the best, of them are brilliant...
...Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken. Well cut, correct and a trifle oldfashioned, the author's short stories deal brilliantly with inward torment but less well with events; the best of them are of a very high order indeed...