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Sade Again
Shapiro, Charles | March 17, 1956 issue

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This article presents an introduction to the book "Night," by Erico Verissimo and translated by L.L. Barrett. Verissimo, the highly- touted Brazilian author, has made the big jump into the no man's land of tortured symbolism. The hero of "Night" has lost his memory but has retained a haunting sense of guilt. Alone, in a nameless city, stumbling "with a dazed glitter of fear like the eyes of an animal at bay," he wanders in a teasing world of perpetual fear and phoney values. Modern man's loss of individuality, his important search for decent roots are vital materials for any novelist, and as we become increasingly like one another in our solitude they become almost necessary parts of any honest writer's critique of our lives.

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NIGHT (Book); BOOKS; VERISSIMO, Erico; AUTHORS, Brazilian; SYMBOLISM; INDIVIDUALITY in literature
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