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A compilation of essays, reviews, fiction and poetry from The New Yorker in the 1940’s
There are some real gems here: John Hershey’s Hiroshima and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” just to name two. The reader gets a real flavor of the country just before, during and just after World War II.
 
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etxgardener | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 5, 2022 |
I LOVED this. It's amazing how familiar the New Yorker "voice" is after 70 years.

Highlights:
-John Hersey's [b:Hiroshima|27323|Hiroshima|John Hersey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327719015s/27323.jpg|1014091]. I loved [b:A Bell for Adano|415412|A Bell for Adano|John Hersey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403185397s/415412.jpg|1798417], and this just cements him for me.
-John Hersey's profile of JFK. Ditto.
-George Orwell's review (of something I can't even remember now). Everything he was saying is still so relevant. I should read more of him.
-All of the WWII coverage, especially of the D-Day landings.

I'm bad and I skipped the poetry section, because poetry.
… (mere)
 
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beautifulshell | 4 andre anmeldelser | Aug 27, 2020 |
I bought this book for the Garrison Keillor! Just kidding. I can't stand Garrison Keillor. I bought it for the Jack Handey.

"I am willing to do these things because I believe that until people can sit around a desert campfire and go 'Shhh, hear that?' and then listen for the plaintive howl of me, we as a society have lost something." -JH
 
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uncleflannery | 5 andre anmeldelser | May 16, 2020 |
DNF. just can't get into it at this length. There are bits that certainly are LOL but not enough. So many pieces are funny for only a paragraph, and then the joke is over.
 
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pgiltner | 3 andre anmeldelser | Oct 30, 2017 |

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