BLACK BETHLEHEM

by Lettice Cooper ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 21, 1947

Three long short stories, two of which are backgrounded by the war and the now familiar bombing of London, and introduce a great deal of war motivated episode and debate. Intellectually analytical rather than emotionally communicative, the stories are weakest as stories, have no particular resolution. The first concerns wounded, discharged and returning war hero, Alan Marriot, who can find no political certainty, no personal stability; the second, Lucy Meadows, who takes in a refugee woman who is always to remain an alien, who rewards her generosity by seducing Lucy's longstanding lover; and finally, in the briefest and most effective, of a small boy's tension and hatred after the arrival of a new baby...The factors here of setting and medium do not promise a wide market for this.

Pub Date: Oct. 21, 1947

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1947

Categories: FICTION