February 1999 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: Translations | Fiction | Biography Translations Alan Wall First Recognisable Epic Poem The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation By Andrew George (translator) Lawrence Norfolk Who Named the Fish? Serendipities: Language and Lunacy By Umberto Eco LR Fiction Margaret Forster Way Out of the Congo The Poisonwood Bible By Barbara Kingsolver LR Jane Gardam Visions on the Beach The Leper's Companions By Julia Blackburn LR Douglas Hurd Invitation to Join the Monsters in their Lairs Singe and Single By John Le Carré Biography David Nokes All Very Natural At Home with the Marquis de Sade By Francine du Plessix Gray Sade: A Biographical Essay By Laurence L Bongie LR
Alan Wall First Recognisable Epic Poem The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation By Andrew George (translator)
David Nokes All Very Natural At Home with the Marquis de Sade By Francine du Plessix Gray Sade: A Biographical Essay By Laurence L Bongie LR
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