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Jottings Of A Pole In Argentina

Francis King DIARY: VOLUME ONE by Witold Gombrowicz, edited by Jan Kott, translated by Lillian Vallee Quartet, f12.95, pp.231 W hen the Polish novelist and dramat- ist Witold......

His Island Story

Brian Martin SEA MUSIC by David Profumo Secker & Warburg, £10.95, pp.207 D avid Profumo's first novel is a tragic tale which haunts the memory long after you have finished......

I Sang Myself As If It Were My Role

I sang myself as if it were my role When, subject to my will, my hands obeyed: My mind became my music, and my soul Was a moth allured from darkness when I played. But music is......