The Jewel of P-listers' library

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Obscure/out-of-print books that my mother gave me -- popular books in  Communist Party circles of the 30's and 40's, I guess:

1.The Thibaults and Summer 1914 by Roger Martin du Gard (Nobel Prize winner)

2. Europa and Europa in Limbo by Robert Briffault (a British sociologist.  The paperback version of the first book has a lurid depiction of a scene from the novel in which a decadent ex-pat Russian prince has a haughty Jewish baroness stripped and flogged for the titillation of his dinner guests).

Both of these describe the lead-up to WWI and the war years.  I'm re-reading them now.

3.  Temptation by John Pen (a pen name for Hans Szekaly (sp?), a Hungarian-American lefty who, under the name John Toldy, won an Oscar for the screenplay of Arise My Love, a 40's movie starring Claudette Colbert).  A fantastic book about poverty, socialism and the rise of fascism in pre-WWII Hungary.

Laura

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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Sep 18, 2006 12:10 PM
>>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: The Jewel of P-listers' library
>>
>>First ed. of The Crying of Lot 49, with dustjacket, in
>>beautiful condition.   Paid good money for it in 1990,
>>but nowhere near as, uh, "good" as it seems to be
>>going for now.  At least, I HOPE I still have it ...
>>
>>Also, a copy of the Making of Star Trek autographed by
>>Gene Roddenberry, back when he was touring with the
>>pilot episode and blooper reels on film ...
>>
>>Q: Every time the Enterprise gets hit, everybody on
>>the bridge falls out of their chairs.  Why don't the
>>chairs have seat belts?
>>
>>A: Because then they wouldn't be able to fall out of
>>their chairs ...
>>
>>This STILL makes perfect sense to me ...
>>
>>Also had Harlan Ellison autograph this ...
>>
>>http://www.sequentialellison.com/gallery/adventure479.html
>>
>>--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What is the most precious possession in P-listers'
>>> library (in terms of edition, autographs etc.)?
>>
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