Sunday, May 20, 1956
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Paae Nine
_SLJ dOV ..".. 0. 1956 "Te e Ml<<t lc. t. \ DAvI oLY PniVls. i t
'Vienna'Shaped
rWith Hands, Not Heart
By ROB' AKERS this book feeling that it is a fur-
LFRD SATEis urrntl on ther pity the author obviously
AI§~1~~E i urrntlyonedidn't attend the doctor's lecture.
of he ostproisig poducts opsini rtri ,fn
of the tUnivers ity's crea tive writ- tpabutiominaswiter ia ine
Inc class es. His first novel "Den- tigbtcmaso samc
hmProper" was a sensitive, well- finer tig"hnbeddwt ruh oko itoehbtn oe
bath compassion and deep human All of which brings us back to
insight. 'Lazaruis in Vienna"hisI the two principal and finest char-
secontdook is skillfully fashion- acters of the bok. Lt. Whitney
ed obtit seems-mtuch moreE and Brigitte were, in their own
than the first one-to have beenj way, in love. Here, too, the auth-
shaped mostly with the hands or overlooked something that every
rather than the heart, schoolboy knows: to love isappily
Thisisin any ays a eryand with abandon under the ap-f
exciting book. It is written in cc etreis a gift of the very naively
crisp, clean words, the words ateIyosin, at heart. Ad even if the!
nicely moulded and the dialotue
i, intc.esing. The theme is the K
sarch for a ghost ; the litt is one
of -uspense andfiViennisas s
c , a colorful old-world city.Aind
the underlying atmosiphere--Evil
-'-is one that has beenisopular
with the public lurce Adm
The most distutrbing thing about
this book is its ciharactersad'
therein lie. the tragedy. Fmr char-
buiersdinfpgsofaa noty, ea Mrth
bcursinfopegtuof ayoe.the
Sintea charters are tnot nice
enough to be likeable, and they
are much too evil to betragic. ALFRED SLOTHE
Still, -.as a tudy in huiman de- Uiversity product
pravity, this is a nook worth read-
ing. It will, at least, give to the Lieutenant and his mistress were,
uninitiated a glimse of the thin- o hardened andto hurt to loveI
ness of the civilized ven eer that happily they still might have triedf
coacs the twentieth-centur mama, loving seriously. Sriously enough,
and it will show the reader that at least, to have fought for their
the biggest 10,s the caveman sof- future. It could have ben a very
fere in evolving toward the pres- wonderful macniage.
ent day was, quit smply, his hair,
Baldnes has replacred the fur MR. SLOTS in this book ha ex-
coat, but chromed-steel has yet to hibited many of the talents
make a shining kight of the bar- that go toward making a crafts-
barian. man in the art of writing. We,
sincerely hope that he will use
1'ISHE STORY iiivolves a furtive, nicer characters in his next em-
illicit love affair betweemn an tion, or else come up with more
* American armay ofticer, Lt. High- fiction and less truth regarding
~- ardWiny,and,.a tloc, al nd'veryhis fellow man.I
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beautiful Vienese gi, Brigitte
von Kunstler. The time is in the
iminediaepatwr eid of the
occupation atrmy.
The plot is compounded by Dr.
Schlecher, an unscrupulous pmo-
fessor of psychiatry, togethser with
the ghost of his late, but most bril-
liant student, Peter Menaeleuis.
Suspense, and it is masterful sus-
pense, runs thr oughout the nuovel
beause ot the fact that Brigitte-
is Dr. Sceicher's daiightet, and is
otnly further heightendci heran.
she -ii alsothe widosw of Peteur
Menaeleuo
Local colort ir sedfrom suchl
characteis as Max itost, Erik vont>
Kunrstler and ian annIolen trbyth
ame of Kunto NHas is the ownser
o)I atrest.sut at withs a privateII
gatmblinug mum i S he rtar.Lic ha d
once hrtod rw ufnspassport~s
toDcia i ik, an invalid war
.IFse _r a nte tires;°ent 'husband of
Esitteis the eternal INaszi inter-
stedtasy; r- .-hi-lars'SI!
THE IIN, is'eline up in. a
that fo sher enrsion,
1 or v' loodunit mystery.
hte nyScyiutst who caused
the x,,ermrin4 lion(Alof PetrMenae-
leus- durnn' thet.Nazi tegime. tLt.
W i"itaiey-anO C'ap1t.5&arofi, a Rus-
i, :natrmy doctor, utir v.1the.nys-
t(y to their mtaItisfaction.
Tintiite ciulprit hinmself who
reveals hi'sestilt to the one person
it could huit the nst.
'Lazaru-siViesn-a"opeto ithl
a ectsucc by Di. Sehleich z..o
the subject 01 love:
"Can 1 tell yoo how to listetas?
iT s-i)AtS;,lstn'CanI 1nmike
you itadrtiirits tlitning is
born ,iii t lie sit AldSi t 1its iithe
heart a i t is S_, li )t un f1s2lotr tati
su ccessful t cstaliitaau rtl i -ast'-
the doctorfaks N orto tintF
eahftatrdtS wlh'sc any
words, Vura 5 itllistn bsttbhi
yo vIl r)-y sa ";ccl to s en i~lh
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