LESBIANA

95. THE VISITORS BY MARY MCMINNIES, HARCOURT, BRACE, 1958.

MILLY PURDOE WITH HER HUSBAND, AN ENGLISH FOREIGN SERVICE DIPLOMAT, IS IN KRAKOW, POLAND, SHE HAS AN AFFAIR WITH AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT. SHE ALSO TAKES TIME TO ENTRANCE AND BREAK THE HEART OF LOVABLE BUFFOON, COUNTESS SOPHIE BIELSKA. MILLY FANCIES HERSELF AS AN EMMA BOVARY AND USES EVERYONE AROUND FOR HER OWN PURPOSES. SOPHIE IS ONE OF THE BEST FICTIONAL PORTRAYALS OF LESBIANISM, NOBLE AND FINE AND GIVING BY NATURE, SHE IS NO MATCH FOR THE RUTHLESS FLUTTER-HEADED MILLY. THE AUTHORESS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY SYMPATHETIC TO LESBIANISM. THIS IS AVAIL-

ABLE IN LIBRARIES.

96. THREE WOMEN BY MARCH HASTINGS. BEACON BOOKS, 1958, #8190.

BYRNE, SUCCESSFUL ARTIST, HAS LOVED GRETA SINCE THEIR CHILDHOOD DAYS. DUE TO AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT FOR WHICH BYRNE BLAMES HERSELF, GRETA'S MIND HAS SNAPPED AND SHE MUST BE CARED FOR LIKE A CHILD. BYRNE MEETS YOUNG PAULA AND THEY FALL IN LOVE (PAULA IS AGGRESSOR). BYRNE FINALLY AGREES TO HAVE GRETA PUT IN A REST HOME. KNOWING THAT SHE MAY BECOME VIOLENT, BYRNE ARRANGES TO HAVE PAULA SEE HER EX BOY FRIEND. SURE ENOUGH GRETA GOES BERSERK AND KILLS BYRNE, PAULA IS LEFT WITH NAUGHT BUT HAPPY MEMORIES AND WILLING AND PATIENT BOY FRIEND. NOT UNSYMPATHETIC, BUT OH MY.

97. THE MISCHIEF BY ASSIA DJEBAR, SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1958.

QUITE WELL WRITTEN, AMBIVALENT NOVEL OF 20-YEAR-OLD NADIA WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A FORMER SCHOOL FRIEND, JEDLA. HOWEVER, JEDLA IS NOW MARRIED TO AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MAN, THE COMPLICATIONS ARISING ARE MANY AND CONFUSING, THE ENDING IS LESS THAN JOYOUS AND THE EMOTIONS ALL TOO MIXED. THE AUTHORESS IS A 20-YEAR-OLD NATIVE ALGERIAN NOW LIVING IN PARIS.

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