28 APRIL 1979, page 29

Venetian Lark

Francis King Territorial Rights Muriel Spark (Macrn il " Ian £5.95) From Thomas Mann to Patricia sig h. smith and from Henry James to Daphli e du Maurier, Venice has not mere)......

Italian Cinema In Decline

Masolino d'Amico The Tree of Wooden Clogs ('L'albero degli zoccoli'), Ermanno Olmi's 190-minutelong film which opened this week at the Curzon, won the first prize at the last......