11 JULY 1981, page 22

Nominalism

Paul Ableman The Meeting at Telgte Giinter Grass (Seeker & Warburg pp. 160,5.95) Does literature reflect or engender reality? It is not a question that has ever bothered English......

Pig Stys

James Lasdun Watching Me Watching You Fay Weldon (Hodder & Stoughton pp. 208, £6.95) Amateur Passions Lorna Tracy (Virago pp. 202, £7.95) Neighbouring Lives Thomas M. Disch and......