Rosset, Barney (editor)

New York. 1973. Evergreen Review. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. . 192 pages. paperback. Cover painting by Susan Wainer. keywords: Anthologies Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE LOST ONES, the first work of longer fiction by Samuel Beckett to be published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Writes Joseph McElroy in The New York Times Book Review: ‘Beckett's work continues to be one of the signal modern ventures in concentrated attention. THE LOST ONES suggests even more warmly what a great writer Beckett is: ' Is Yevgeny Yevtushenko really the knight in shining armor of Soviet Liberalism, or does he serve some other, more devious purpose? Dotson Rader punctures the myth of the latest darling of American Liberalism. Writing about black artists and entertainers has become big business--for white writers, that is. But they all miss the point, says Cecil Brown, in an interview with Aretha Franklin. ‘Dear Hef: That's a pretty spastic operation you got going at Bunny Heaven in Great Gorge, where you pay guys to water the plastic bushes and a Playmate might even let you buy her a chocolate milk: 'An eyewitness report from admirer Peter Tauber of Hefner's newest Playboy Club Hotel in New Jersey. PLUS: fiction by J. G. Ballard and articles by Jerome Tarshis and Parker Tyler. inventory #36826