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Leopard IV: Bearing WitnessEditions
Review
The first essay alone would justify the book. It is a long biographical piece on Leopold Labedz, who for 40 years edited a magazine called Survey, commenting mainly on East European affairs but concerning itself with abuses of political power throughout the world. It is a valuable window onto intellectual life in this period and a fitting tribute to a man who history should not forget. Other essays include Anna Maria Ortese on Neapolitan slums; a wonderful extract from a biography of Keats by Cortazar; Saramago’s Nobel lecture of 1998; short stories by James Salter, Javier Marias, Ken Saro-Wiwa and others. This book is a must for anyone with any inclination to think… - review by Johnny de Falbe |
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This is the 4th of Harvill’s occasional Leopard anthologies. I’m not usually very keen on anthologies but this seems to me about the best use for a tree that I came across in 1999. It is divided into sections – Essays, Poems, Short Stories – and each piece is a gem culled from the in-tray of Britain’s leading publisher of international literature. 
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