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Wolfe had planned to call his book O Lost. That title, however, did not appeal to Wolfe's editor, Maxwell Perkins of Charles Scribner's Sons, so Wolfe allowed Perkins to change the title, just as he allowed him to pare and reorder the text. But the theme remained.
David Herbert Donald, a Harvard historian, attempts to revise that judgment by presenting an oversize, extravagantly gifted North Carolinian who tried bold Joycean experiments in stream of consciousness and attempted to rescue American writing from the expatriate Lost Generation in Europe. According to legend, Wolfe was saved from drowning in...
All the projects emphasize self-help, according to Chaudhuri. He says ODN's philosophy is to minimize the developers' role and encourage communities to carry out projects autonomously. The ODN chapter merely provides the money. "Hopefully they'll be able to reinvest the money and the project will become self...
In the land of apartheid, Perkins and his wife Lucy, who is Chinese-born, have had few problems with whites. The country has become accustomed to visiting blacks. American blacks have already served as diplomats and foreign correspondents in South Africa for many years, and the current U.S. consul general...
While many experts on South Africa have given up hope for a peaceful solution to the country's problems, Perkins has not. He tells his staff that his chosen role is to encourage all sectors of society to talk to one another. A resolution of South Africa's troubles will...