THE BURNING CANDLE

by Mara Kay ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 27, 1968

Anti-communism fuels The Burning Candle, and whereas thought control and terrorism are always valid targets, it is neither reasonable nor relevant to use 1946 Yugoslavia as a prototype of oppression, to identify the Royalists as freedom fighters, the Titoists as blackguards: history does not substantiate the dichotomy and later events make it misleading. The plot exists here simply to serve the author's purpose: seventeen-year-old Zora helps her lover escape to Trieste, sees her party member brother, who seemed impervious to private honor, recant and go to prison, and herself foregoes a chance to win a French scholarship rather than defame a religious tradition. The communists are uniformly puppets who prate slogans and exploit hardship. After the thaw in the Cold War, an arid deep-freeze.

Pub Date: May 27, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1968

Categories: FICTION