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This could be the stuff of social fable, religious parable, supernatural fantasy or even black comedy. Sadly, it too often emerges as little more than a tepid and distended mood piece. The hero is literally too cold and stiff, the plot too standpattish, the pace too funereal and the symbolism too obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rejected Resurrection | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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