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...MAGRITTE by René Passeron. 93 pages. J. Philip O'Hara. $15. "Only the marvelous is beautiful," Poet André Breton once wrote, and René Magritte's paintings make that point. Since most of the excellent reproductions in this book cover entire pages without frames of white space, the reader is thrust into the Belgian surrealist's enigmatic world. An immense rock floats in the sky, a bottle becomes a carrot, a coffin sits on a wall. Mercifully, the text is minimal, for Magritte's content is captivating beyond words...
...owns the echoing words of Charles de Gaulle? For years Reporter André Passeron of Paris' Le Monde trailed the general, copying down speeches, comments, even jokes. Published in two fat volumes, the results pleased De Gaulle so much that he mastered his dislike for journalists long enough to receive Passeron for 45 minutes. After De Gaulle's death in 1970, Passeron issued another volume containing 85 pages of quotations, including some that had become politically embarrassing. The book irked De Gaulle's son Philippe and daughter Elisabeth so much that they brought suit, insisting that...
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