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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
`Yemenite Girl': Novel of Literary History
A novelist whose nar-
rative is steeped in ana-
lytical writing devoted to
historical experience and
the contemporary de-
velopments affecting an
entire people's evolution-
ary literary progress
rises above mere fiction.
He becomes a literary
historian. "The Yemenite
Girl" by Curt Leviant
(Bobbs-Merrill Co.) as-
- sumes such a role in cur-
_rent Jewish literature.
-Leviant, a Rutgers
University professor, al-
ready has earned recog-
ition as a leading trans-
tor of the classics from
e Yiddish. As such he
has become an authority
on the writings of the
greatest Yiddish writers,
primarily Sholem
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lator of Chp.im Grade's
"The Yeshiva" which is
gaining best-seller listing
and is widely acclaimed in
Some measure thanks to
Laviant's noteworthy
translation.
"The Yemenite Girl" is
Leviant's first novel and
is a narrative of unusual
merit. The title could be
considered incidental, al-
though the brief story on
which Leviant bases his
novel is in itself poetic
and literarily fascinating.
Jewish writers whose
roles could well be shared
with persons in the social
welfare and other fields.
While there are
generalizations about
authors, the effects of
journalistic influences
are applicable in many
spheres. The urgency of
getting into the New
York Times, the concern
about the Forward, the
striving to have their
works published make
the Jewish writer a nota-
ble symbol in an arena of
human aspirations.
In the course of writing
fiction, Leviant is also the
realist who exposes cer-
tain experiences. For
example, he notes that
Hebrew and Yiddish au-
thors can see their labors
finalized when they do
their own publishing. It is
like saying that there not
only are few publishers
who will accept such
works but that there may
be too few readers to
compel their . acceptance.
Yet Leviant gives due-
recognition to the skills of
the writers who are the
heroes of his novel..
Leviant introduces "The
Yeminite Girl - as the tale
by Nobel Prize Winner
Yehiel Bar-Nun. It in-
spires the Hebraist and
American scholar Ezra 1'.
Shultish to do the translat-
ing of the beautiful story.
In the evolutionary proc-
ess of Shultish's - contact-
ing Bar-Nun for an inter-
view to be taped for gen-
eral understanding and
appreciation of the Nobel
Laureate, the' theme de-
velops dramatically.
The-story grows into a
series of dramatic occur-
rences, in Israel and in
the United States, and
here the novelist becomes
the commentator on
human experiences, by
NEW YORK — A
French television station
reported that Rudolph
Hess, the 82-year-old
former deputy fuehrer to
Adolf Hitler, attempted
to commit suicide last
week by slashing his
wrists in Spandau Prison
in Berlin.
The report said Hess
was. found 15 minutes
after cutting himself.
- A spokesman for the
British, French and U.S.
authorities in West Be-
rlin refused to confirm or
deny the report.
He said Hess was still in
the prison where he has
been held since 1946 and
that his condition is g g ood.
Monday, the United
States, France and Bri-
tain rejected a demand by
Rudolph Hess' son that
they defy the Soviets and
free his father.
Hess' son said his
father told hiin he tried to
commit suicide because of
acute stomach pains and
anguish over his years in
prison.
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Nobel Prize Winner Saul
Bellow should have said
about the Leviant novel:
"I read straight
through without a stop. I
don't often read so
quickly and with so much
interest. I enjoyed every
turn of the story . . .
Shultish is. a man with a
life of his own . . . and the
celebrity, -too, is marvel-
ously drawn . . . (`The
Yemenite Girl') is done
with great tact, feeling
and skill."
Because He Gives
Indeed, "The Yemenite
Girl - is literary history
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