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...which deity that is, and the idea of a nuptial goddess seems inapposite to this As You Like It's earthiness, anyway. Belgrader breathes coarse, jocular humor into the tired device, turning Hymen into an earth-mother who rises on an elevator, with four false breasts, giant phalluses sticking medusa-like from her head, and a leer like an old gypsy. She is a bit of a shock--even somewhat unnerving--but like the rest of this As You Like It, her audacity, pointedness and farcicality eventually prove winning...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Some Aversions to Pastoral | 9/17/1980 | See Source »

...Book, Bombeck (5) 4. The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin with McGrady (3) 5. The Right Stuff, Wolfe (6) 6. How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years, Ruff (4) 7. Cruel Shoes, Martin (7) 8. Energy Future, edited by Stobaugh & Yergin 9. Serpentine, Thompson 10. The Medusa and the Snail, Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...Medusa and the Snail, Thomas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Medusa and the Snail, Lewis Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

NONFICTION: African Calliope, Edward Hoagland ∙The Duke of Deception, Geoffrey Wolff∙ The Intricate Music, Thomas Kiernan∙The Medusa and the Snail, Lewis Thomas ∙The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe ∙The White Album, Joan Didion ∙Zebra, Clark Howard

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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