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Among the authors represented are found such names in contemporary literature as William Faulkner, whose great book "Absalom, Absalom" provides him with an entree into the library of any literateur; Ernest Hemingway, whose recently published "To Have and Have Not" is arousing so much critical comment; Morley Callaghan; William Saroyan, one of the most outstanding of contemporary short story writers, Lovell Thompson, Benedict Thielen, and many others...
LITTLE CHILDREN - William Saroyan -Harcourt, Brace...
...William Saroyan is 29. When he was 26, a book of brash short stories (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze) won him the reputation of most terrible literary infant of the year. Since then William Saroyan has been increasingly a problem child. Critics and readers alike have been impressed by his audacity, displeased by his bounding ego. His coldest dispraisers admit that he sometimes blurts out a suggestive truth; his warmest admirers wish occasionally that he would not shout so loud. Last week Saroyan's fourth book, Little Children, well illustrated his inclusive vices and his eclectic...
...Saroyan on Bufano Sirs: My friend Reniamino Bufano [TIME. Feb. 15], the sculptor, like so many people who are not sculptors, sometimes eats nuts. Almost every day, however, in the presence of witnesses too, Bufano eats spaghetti and beef. There are never any cheers, no amazement. At the table, as a matter of fact, many people would not suspect that Bufano is one of the greatest living sculptors. Also, the model for Bufano's St. Francis was not my friend Joseph Danysh, Regional Adviser for The Federal Art Project on the West Coast. The model was St. Francis-inwardly...
...model, seeks no fame through the Saint. TIME'S account was pleasant to read, partly incorrect, but not too grievously so. Friends of Bufano are glad the creation of a great monument to a great human being is the source of some warmth and humor. WILLIAM SAROYAN San Francisco, Calif...