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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19871004
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JULIA PARADISE , by Rod Jones. A stunning first novel set in pre-revolutionary China, about Freud, colonialism, Marxism, the condition of women and much else. (Book World, September 27)
SHERWOOD ANDERSON , by Kim Townsend. A superb biography of the once famous, now rather forgotten, creator of Winesburg, Ohio. (Book World, September 27)
OFFSHORE, by Penelope Fitzgerald. This beautifully composed novel-winner of a Booker Prize-focuses on a group of people living on barges moored in the Thames. (Book World, September 27) @Slug: X13CUR
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