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...FIRES THE FIRE by JULIO CORTAZAR 152 pages. Pantheon...
...splendid set of peripheral bit players first reach the reader, filtered through the ironic mind of Dr. Plarr. His own bereaved mother, living on sweet cakes and self-pity in Buenos Aires. Romantic Novelist Jorge Julio Saavedra, author of The Taciturn Heart, whose machismo-marinated works are timeless and thus lifeless as well. A British ambassador who begins to sense the sheer outrage of U.S. imperialism when he finds that the embassy cook automatically fries his eggs Yankee style. Fortnum's wife Clara, who is (yes) a graduate of Madame Sanchez's immaculate brothel and the object...
...Died. Julio ("Big Julio") Adalberto Rivera, 52, President of El Salvador from 1962 to 1967 and recently Ambassador to the United States; of a heart attack; in El Salvador. As an army colonel, Rivera engineered a bloodless barracks coup in 1961 and became President the following year. He broke the grip of the coffee-plantation owners on the country's economy and instituted reforms that resulted in a higher standard of living for El Salvador's peasants...
...unusual in light of the trend toward works exploring "the pain of the heart," exemplified by Joni Mitchell and Baby James. Songs like "Everything Put Together Falls Apart," "Run That Body Down," and "Armistice Day" probed their author's psyche, while "Mother and Child Reunion," and "Me and Julio" revitalized Simon's music, as well as letting him look within...
...company executives, they serve only their own wines-a white, a pink, a red and a champagne. Says Ernest: "Only when Mrs. Gallo and I are at home alone, which is not very frequently, will I drink my competitors' wines in order to follow their progress." Ernest and Julio are both at the age when many men retire, but they have given little indication of designating successors. Each has two grown children; so far none has emerged as an heir apparent...