Word: warmth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fortnight ago, ending his second tour of Australia, he sounded a bitter note. Riffling through his press notices he read that though his Schubert had "surprising warmth." his Mozart was merely "well-bred," his Bach...
...their problems solely on the intriguing plane of personal relationships. This is the focus of Love Is a Bridge, showing the barriers of pride, frustration, and selfishness which isolate one person from another. Separating each individual, Mr. Flood seems to say, there is a natural gap which only the warmth and understanding of love can bridge. Spanning twenty-five years, the novel finds Henry Cobb at Harvard in 1927 and follows him through the wrecks of two marriages. The first, to Susan, collapses because their love is not mature enough to bridge two islands of pride. The second, to Alice...
Cahaly, as a friend, adds warmth to his honesty in business. Brought up in a house where he never remembered his father even raising his voice against him, he has transferred this gentle manner to his family and friends. Every Christmas he receives hundreds of cards from men who have for three years bought late meals at the store. And he has rescued at least one beleaguered Arabic student around exam time, with his translations of the classical Arabic from the Koran...
Novelist Silone has not lost his talent for making simple people speak simple, barbed truths. Although his novel will be too earnest for stylists, it is a rewarding one. And it is heated with the warmth of Ignazio Silone's human kindness...
Undoubtedly Mrs. Pusey's abundance of warmth and friendliness were evident even at thirteen. Perhaps the Harvard junior was then looking ahead to married life in a teacher's modest home. There has been then but one change in long-range plan: the modest home is now 17 Quincy Street...