RECENT & READABLE

A Fable, by William Faulkner. The Nobel Prizewinner unveils a World War I passion play with a corporal as Christ, but veils his deeper meanings except to suggest that "man and his folly . . . will prevail" (TIME, Aug. 2).

Reach for the Sky, by Paul Brickhill. The heroic story of Douglas Bader, a legless RAF ace who fought in the Battle of Britain, destroyed 22 1/2 enemy planes and kept his German captors busy recapturing him (TIME, Aug. 2).

The Fall of a Titan, by Igor Gouzenko. The powerfully fictionalized decline and death of Maxim Gorki, with sidelights on Soviet man, by the famed ex-code clerk turned novelist (TIME, July 19).

School for Hope, by Michael McLav erty. A quietly lilting story of how a bachelor schoolmaster and a young schoolmarm overcome a jealous sister and a family jinx (TIME, July 5).

The Eternal Smile & Other Stories, by Par Lagerkvist. A fine collection of stories and fables from the inventive mind of the Swedish Nobel Prizewinner, ranging from childish charm to ghostlike horror (TIME. June 28).

Hackenfeller's Ape, by Brigid Brophy. Romance among apes can be very human and very funny, as seen in a young novelist's bright satire (TIME, June 28).

A Child of the Century, by Ben Hecht. A disorganized, windy, often fascinating look in the mirror by a softie who always made like a toughie (TIME, June 21).

The Victorian Chaise Longue, by Mar ghanita Laski. A slight but chilling tale about a girl who strayed from the 20th century into the 19th (TIME, June 14).

An English Year, by Nan Fairbrother. An Englishwoman's beautiful reflections on changing nature, growing children and life in general (TIME, June 7).

Madame de Pompadour, by Nancy Mitford. A life of Louis XV's dazzling mistress, done up in rich literary brocades by a fine British writer (TIME, June 7).

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