The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-01
KY Books
by A. de 7. Gingras

(NINE STORIES by ]. D. Sal
niger, collection of short stories by
same author, published by Little
Brown Publishing Company, "a
Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.)
Mr.. Salinger has a fresh slant on
humanity.
Several of his stories are deeply
sad. Others are amusing, and some
manage to combine in a very pal
atable fashion, smiles and tears.
But always the tales have great
reality and a deep tenderness with
out Sentimentality.
Very young or adoleseent chill
dren appear in most of the stories,
and when adults are the principal
figures, they seem under MIR. Sal
myers observing pen, to be very
close to children themselves.
In "A Perfect Day for Banana
fish" and For Esme with Love
and Squalor" Mr.. Salinger shows
the minds of two men lowering on
the brink of breakdown. Each one
is depicted in relation to a child
who is a stranger. With a great
delicaey and sympathy, the author
shows the strange and fragile pat
tern of the human mind and emo
tons.
Teddy" tells the story of a sig
nificant day in the hfe of a by
genius, and in pretty Mouth and
Screen My Eyes" the author man
ages most original twist Of the
ancient triangle.
Mrs. Salinger's two stories with
adolescents as the principal char
acters are where he shows the
laughter that is in his heart. But
it is a gentle laughter that has a
nostalgia tear for the readers own
adolescence lurking close TO the
surface.
In de Daumier Smiths Blue
Period" a callow youth falls in
love with the paintings of a nun
and writes her a love letter. In
"Just Before the War With the
EskimoS" the relationship between
two schoolgirls changes in an al
most miraculous manner upon the
appearance of a brother in the
picture.
Mr.. SaIinger gives a shot-in-the-
arm to the modern short story, and
it isn't the obscure avant-garde
variety.
(HAVANA, THE PORTRAIT OF
A CITY by W. Adolphe Roberts.
travel and history, 2S2 pages, pub
lished by Coward Mccain, Inc,
30 Madison Ave, New York City.
The publication of new book
about Havana is interesting book
news TO Key West.
This volume deyotes 1873 pages
TO a history OF the city. II tells the
story of the founding OF Havana IN
the early sixteenth century b. TIE
Spaniards. II then describes tAc
city I'M the shallow Of the bucca-
neers. and It's capture by the Eng
lish. The cIty's life il the days
prior TO the Spanish American war
is summarized, what happened IN
der United States t1ltelase ard In
the days of Machado tyranny and
fall.
The book then shifts from has
tory 10 raveioaue- Each part of
the city, which would be interest,"
ing 10 a visitor. Is given chapter
OF i half chapter The street names
oE the city are discussed. Eel Prs5o
means a public walk. Gale q Besl-
Is. Who com mantel toe Spanish
forces whcn they tosk over tie
city In lT6s. after the E@ea5sb bad
evacuated, Calz1ds &c 10 iaiaHia
vas probably nane3 after isse IL
fanta Maria Teresa oE Spain.
The cathexfral8 ard esgaseas re
given space. rs are tue HstaseEass
and iiaFarbes To say grl1aiaH a
raciax and IosetrlsS, ksse caslnas
ard the cemeteries
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