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American Exile

Cantwell, Robert | July 20, 1932 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Year Before Last," by Kay Boyle. It is not surprising that the story of the exile has had a strong appeal for the American novelist, nor in another sense is it surprising that novels revolving around expatriates have found comparatively wide American audiences. The predicament of the exile, more or less isolated in a society he can only partially understand, and unable to communicate freely with those around him, perhaps corresponds with the predicament of the individual in American society more closely than ordinarily acknowledge.

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BOOKS; YEAR Before Last (Book); LITERATURE; NOVELISTS; AUTHORS; SOCIETIES
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