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October 25, 1976

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THE URGENT WHISPER

Penelope Gilliatt

PROFILE of film maker Jean-Luc Godard. Writer talks to Godard at his home and studio in Grenoble. Describes both places. Godard talks about making films …

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“The Book of Sand”

Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction, from 1976: “Late one evening, a few months back, I heard a knock at my door. I opened it and a stranger stood there.”

All’s Well in Skyscraper National Park

BOOKS review of Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut.

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