Sonja Henie loses interest when she finds out he is L. Goldkorn, woodwinder, not Erich Korngold, the composer. Carmen Miranda goes to bed with Toscanini. Even Leib's ''onanistics'' in the communal bathroom end without completion, though Leib does not think of it that way. For him each adventure is a triumph. For Leib, nearly 100 years old and a survivor of this century's chief horror, still living is a triumph.
Erection is proof enough of life.