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...Simon's new book is called No Island Is an Island (Doubleday; $8.95), and it argues vehemently that the convulsive growth of recent years "will homogenize" the Vineyard, "grind its character to mediocrity, and make the place indistinguishable from the brutally overdeveloped mainland coast." The book shows that when developers turned toward the island at the beginning of this decade, the Vineyard was completely unprepared to hold them back: zoning laws were inadequate, the Vineyard's economy had become dependent on tourism or summer residents, and local governments had not thought to plan ahead. Many year-round Vineyard...
...together from their writings-they collaborated through an exchange of views in letters and at weekly lunches and dinners-is no mere feminist tract but a work of literary merit. It is now being translated into several languages and will be published in the U.S. next year by Doubleday. The work was inspired by the still widely read 17th century Letters of a Portuguese Nun, supposedly written to a French officer who had seduced and then deserted her.* The New Portuguese Letters consists of 15 fictional letters, along with poems, essays and manifestos, describing the betrayal and disillusionment of contemporary...
...pages. Doubleday...
...SOMERSET MAUGHAM AND THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM by ROBERT LORIN CALDER 324 pages. Doubleday...
LOOKING BACK by JOYCE MAYNARD 160 pages. Doubleday...