Show Airtts alt Cake tribune -- & Sunday Morning — December 13 1987 Section E Page 1 Entertainment BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON Kiugbt-Ridde- Newipaperi r H are a few suggested gift books of fiction published during the past year: The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin Viking 293 pp $1895 Bruce Chatwin calls his book a novel but it doesn’t quite fit the traditional form It is the record of his trek partly real partly imaginary across the Australian outback to learn the story of creation through the Aboriginal myths the central of which is that traveling along invisible paths they melodically called out the names of things singing the world into existence A stunning blend of memoir history and scientific meditation the book whatever Chatwin wants to call it is evidence that the British author is as versatile and original as any writer at work today BY ANNEBOEGEN Knight-Ridde- E-- 2 Column on ing- Tomle Depaola 's Book Of Christmas Carols by Tomle DePaola Putnam $17 all ages With DePaola’s colorful slightly stylized illustrations and print large enough to be seen by several people standing around the piano this is bound to provide enjoyment for a musical family or even to a child who likes to have the words to sing along all by himself while enjoying the bright pictures Most of the more familiar carols are included along n ones in a with a couple large attractive picture book 1 H Newspaper r are suggestions for non-fictio- n gift books: Hemingway by Kenneth S Lynn Simon and Schuster 702 pp $2495 Kenneth Lynn’s biography offers a new interpretation of Hemingway based on the connections between his life and fiction as reflected in the posthumously published novel A Garden of Eden Lynn’s premise is that Hemingway never came to terms with his androgynous sexuality established during an early childhood in which he was often treated as a girl The Hemingway critical establishment may quarrel with the thesis but Lynn gathers too much evidence for them to ignore it Benjamin Franklin: less-know- Little Tree by ee cummings (cq) illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray Crown $995 ages A short simple poem easily accessible to children is expanded by Ray’s colored pencil illustrations A boy and his little sister all bundled 6-- Children Of Christmas by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by SD Schindler Writings by CHRISTMAS E-- 2 Column I See CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS 8 up against the winter cold select stand their tree from a street-sid- e take it home and decorate it — and in the poem the boy wonders about the tree’s feelings (is it lonely? is it cold?) and reassures it Benjamin Franklin Library of See books" Here is a personal selection of some of this year’s best bets for giv- BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON Knight-Bidde- Newspapers book for Christmas may be an anticipated delight for a confirmed bookworm an introduction to the joy of books for a toddler or an opening of a door to a new interest for an older child not yet “hooked Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Henry Holt 141 pp $1595 This slim novel winner of England’s prestigious Booker Prize is a lot bigger than its physical size sug- See r E-- 3 Column he phrase “coffee-tabl- e book" carries a pejorative connotation and with good reason Few of them are worth their heavy prices either because of inadequate or nonexy illustraistent texts tions or both This year as always however there are some worth both reading and gazing at poor-qualit- The National Geographic Society: Years Of Adventure And Disco by CDB Bryan Abrams 484 pp $45 The National Geographic Society is 100 this year which as American institutions go makes it one of the more venerable In this admirable volume loaded with the photographs for which National Geographic Magazine is famous author CDB Bryan provides a guided tour from the society’s early days under the guidance of lawyer-capitaliGardiner Greene Hubbard and later his Alexander Graham Bell down through three generations of the Grosvenor family Bryan charts the famous expeditions mounted by the society to the poles and up Mount Everest as well as its changing approaches to photogra- 1 00 st son-in-la- See 1 E-- 2 Column 5 CHRISTMAS WHEN HEARTBREAK AND STARVATION ARE PUT TO MUSIC LUSCIOUS LEATHER SALE Our distinctive leather fashion separates in assorted colors are reduced 25 (in stock only) Jackets Skirts (25” 32”) and Pants Hurry in for your favorite color II w Raymond’s ALL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TRIMS BERRIES YOU NAME IT SILK POINSETTIAS IF ITS FOR CHRISTMAS ITS ON SALE! m Lftr ELSE EVERYTHING SILK FLOWERS & PLANTS FOIL WRAP d SIZES 2 n x 2 7— 2 ON ULTRA SUEDE SUITS DRESSES AND SEPARATE SKIRTS TAKE 30 2 7 2 —i OFFERS RIBBON 0 WICKER AND MORE! 2 7 2 ITS OPERA (With English Supemrles) Raymond’s YOU A 30 SAVINGS ON OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION NIGHTGOWNS ROBES AND SHOES OF Raymond’s Cruise Resort Collection is Here! 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