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DIED. John Fischer, 68, gentlemanly editor of Harper's magazine from 1953 to 1967; of complications following surgery; in New Haven, Conn. Fischer imbued Harper's with graceful, intelligent prose and humor. He became known for encouraging writers and for the cool reason of his column, "The Easy Chair...
...autobiography nor a political history but "a long essay"-a try at fitting together the sights, sounds, persons and episodes that he had witnessed as he had been whipped around in the slipstream of American power. In Search of History: A Personal Adventure will be published in August (Harper & Row; $12.95). It traces White's life from 1915, the year of his birth in Boston, to 1963, the year of John F. Kennedy's murder, a year he terms "the Divide"-not simply for him but for an America on the edge of upheaval. (White plans a second...
America's tolerance for this tale has been lamentably low. Sales of Gulag II fell far behind the bestselling Gulag I. Many of the books' best-intentioned buyers have lacked the stamina to hear Solzhenitsyn out to the end. Harper & Row's postponement of further publication was apparently designed to provide readers with a respite before tackling the final volume...
...GULAG ARCHIPELAGO, VOL. Ill by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Translated by Harry Willetts; Harper & Row; 558 pages...
Francis Lindsley, Solzhenitsyn's editor at Harper and Row Publishers, said last week the author does not normally discuss "non-literary matters" with the press...