The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-28

snecessfza pefsonaficatson. e. ne
aliributlng II human qualities 70
inanimats things e. % other ani-
mate ereairrea. Ia ons Il tne most
difflruli isais In imaginary wFiting
n Is nos easy Cor Q hnman writer
10 use verbs ard situstions VITA
suiileieni gsnins - as 70 eonsinee
other human beings tat Be- Il
slshsr q snowflake o. . Boxer dos.
q % soldier O. . baby ehipmunk.
Ger ahe duFatiom of ths tale.
~. Callieo eertainly must have
hean spsnding . - Il time ABSORB
nd ne moods ef the sn0w IN uan-
sll from Ghs skiss. n snowoanks
and In amowmen. He must have
also been sittins sround loag and
long en- river banks and waiehing
ne spring thawa In forest glades
snd raln co ne eiiy Streets. Fer
~ has dons somsthing for this re-
viswer whleA fsw writer's have
ever sneessded n doiag. In her
llisrnry heginnings "wlnd In the
WnIswa" ard water babaes"
wsEe Gha to books watch trans
psrtsd her mo . weird Of rivers
and river haaks Il q meet delight
ima sensunmaneaa.
n . eeod three fourths Ct this
sllm voiume q prose inisrspersed
wiiA linz drawings a snownakes
and thines 10 % with snowlakss.
Mr.. caIlleo has mads her feel
sealn the sensnous delights Of
snew and rain ard NE waters 81
rivers ard oceans. - IN these
ehlldhood hocks. He hes also IN
srudnced an alegoFy q the life
cycle Of Q snowflake 90 4 comes
from iis frussn Beginnings n ne
skias. thruugh is experienee o.
falling 10 lhs earth. and until u Il
eventually drawn back into .
cloud. This alleaory adds % ap-
peal 10 ne Intellect and philosoph.
zeal lsanings Of . reader.
Dut unfortmnately--er fortunate.
ly--lor tbs reviewer. sAe Vas sew.
eFal tinxs tostled cut Il Der mood
az snownakss and rain and rivers.
Thls hsppensd the first tine when
shs Snowflake was capable Of read
lng . sign lndieating tie name q
Ghs lswn into which she had fallen.
n happened again when Mr.. Gal.
leo aftemplsd 10 ioo closely sim
ulais . human family when he de-
SERIES the domestic doings Of
anowfsks, her Husband Raindrop.
and tier chadren. Snowdrop.
Gnewcryslal, Ralnnaks and Rain
drup Minor.
Personifieation. as Indicated az
lhe beginning Of this rexiew, is Q
dslieaie thing. Some readers may
not have been bothered By these
spots In the story. Bat his review
er has q feeling that . Snowflaks
and . ralndrop are not creatures
thai may With perfect artistry be
held too closely 10 the patterns of
TIE everyday domestic rouiines Of
hnman beings. Ard while q anow-
llaks may very eoncelvahly speak
EnglisA or Arabic. dependlng @
the language In which the author
writes. Il effsnds this reviewers
sense of TIE spropos Cor her 10
read.
CFTFTY ROADS TO town BY
KaFi Hamner. r.. contemporary
novd Il rural lie. pahllshed BY
Randon House. New Vera City.
az pagss.l
A love tangle. lneluding too sri.
angles Of whieh an evangellstie
preacher Who believes himself 30
hs Christ. plays TIE third angie. 10
ne plot eutlins II this move.
Now. love. sen and ether varia.
tons 81 TIE reproductive process
ses of the haman species are Ger.
tainly some Of The most important
Impulses in the lives If human
beings. Ard a. sueh. they mainialn
eiernally their interest for readers.
An author Il iniegrity doesn't min.
imize their signifieanee when Ne
depteis hts characters. And Il ne
wants 10 eel his books. NJ doesnt
reject then ether.
bui when a author Or ons rea-
800 or another exaggeraies their
importanee. he ioses his sense q
artistic and human pruportion. n
Ne L . sseond rate writer anyway.
10 great harm IL done because his
lnfuence h not significant and his
literary lie shnrt lived.
Bot sometimes q new writer Of
real power who Knows Aew 10 por.
tray people and lie win penetrai.
ms hxallianee. and who already
handles English prose with . mas
terry had efieads IN tbs dlrertion.
And whsn ~ does. o reviewer who
recognizes hls powers u impelled
% ask nat writer not 10 SET his
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