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...take as an a priori supposition, and which Greene keeps us from questioning too deeply with his fleeting, almost cinematic prose; he gives a whiff of a deep thought and then moves quickly to another scene, another shot, before we have time to look for the source of the scent. In the place of any real character development. Greene peppers his narrative with the kind of jaded aphorisms that sound wise and deep when most Greene novels are read, in the drowsy last hour before going to sleep, but that measure up disappointingly shallow in broad daylight...
Over the burned-out tenements and crowded streets of The Bronx in New York City rises a stately crystal dome filled with subtropical orchids and a grove of graceful palms. A waterfall tumbles from fern-covered volcanic rocks, and the warm, aromatic scent of lemons and oranges fills the air. Last week one of the chilliest, dreariest; mushiest winters in years was refusing to let go. But New Yorkers could celebrate eternal spring sous verre. The New York Botanical Garden Conservatory had just opened after two years of costly restoration...
...author succeeds in conveying a sense of loss without bathos. But his characters are familiar archetypes, and the family's newspaper gives off no scent of soul or sweat; too often the novel suggests the aroma of mothballs. The theme of A Family Trust demands a major treatment; it receives only a compelling outline. As a novelist, Ward Just is still promising rather than delivering...
...gratification and upward mobility, America's gifts to Micronesia, have changed the Pacific of Maugham and Robert Louis Stevenson," says DeVoss. "A $500,000 bridge is planned to link two outer Samoan islands I once swam between four years ago. Still, no change can dull the macaroon scent of drying copra or the taste of raw tuna...
Eric Carle's bright, elemental The Grouchy Ladybug (Crowell; $6.95) is about a mite spoiling for a fight. But every opponent has a stinger, a scent or a size that is superior. Carle has designed the book to fit the tale: as the heroine meets larger animals, the pages grow in size. None of the confrontations manage to sweeten the insect's disposition. That transformation is accomplished by powers that neither ladybug nor reader can resist: hunger and exhaustion...