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Book Review
Book Review
“A Long Row of Candles”
by C. L. Sulzberger
Published by j The Macmillan Company - 1969
Mr. Sulzberger takes his title for his book of memoirs and diaries from a poem by the Greek poet CAVAFY: “The days gone by remain behind us, A mournful line of bumt-out candles.”
But in Mr. Sulzburger’s account of the events from 1934 to 1954, and particularly the personalities, political and military, influencing those events, there is little of the mournful. Certainly the events are tragic, even catastrophic, but Mr. Sulzberger approaches them with zest, and an enthusiasm that leads him to personal acquaintance and understanding of the great figures of this period. t Most of the book is a chronological sequence of excerpts from the author’s day to day notes as a foreign reporter, with particular emphasis on Europe. Mr. Suizburger is a distinguished reporter -- now columnist -• of the “New York Times”, and his observations are intelligent, witty, and very often devastating. Much of the contents of “A Long Row of Candles” never saw the light of day in the “New York Times”.
Mr. Sulzberger’s book is a long one - 1027 pages - and one’s first impression is that perhaps it should be cut, so one could at least hold up the book long enough to read it. But as you delve into what Eisenhower said about seeking the presidency over a bridge game, how MacArthur predicted there would be no war soon, just one month before Korea, and the conversation at one of Ambassador Luce’s dinner parties, you realize how difficult it would be to eliminate one of these gems.
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