European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Fiction 1 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel last week to. Weeks on list 10. 2 four past Midnight by Stephen King last week 2 weeks on list 153 Polar express by Chris Van Atlasburg last week 6,. Weeks on list 27 4 the witching hour by Anne Rice last week 3 weeks on list 75 Carlos Christmas by Alexandra Day last week 4 weeks on list 26 dazzle by Judith Krantz last week 5 weeks on list 4 7 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 7 weeks on list 18. 8 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton last week 8, weeks a on list 4 a 9 Longshot by Dick Francis last week 9 weeks on list 9 a. A 10 the Burden of Provol by Scott Turow last week 15 weeks on list 28. Non fiction 1 a life on the Road by Charles Kuralt last week 1. Weeks in list 6 a Quot 2 the civil War by Geoffrey a Ward Wilh fisc Burns and. Ken Burns last week 2 weeks on list 11 y 3 to knows to by 8o Jackson and Dick Schaap last week 3 weeks on list 6. A. 4 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush last week 4 weeks on list 13 5 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 6 weeks on list 5 6 All i really need to know 1 Learned in kindergarten. By Robert Fulghum last week 8 weeks on list 6. 7 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland Amory. Last week 6 weeks on list 9. A 8 an american life by Ronald Reagan. Last week 5 weeks on list 5. By y a. 9 get to the heart by. Barbara mandrel Wilh George. Vecsey last week 9, weeks on list .14. 10 Friday night lights by . Bissinger last week 10. Weeks on list 12 -.-. Y a a paperback fiction 1 the bad place by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 5 2 misery by Stephen King weeks on list 18a 3 the gentle rogue by Johanna Lindsey weeks on list a a. Y a 4 the dark half by Stephen King weeks on list 13 5 Dawn by . Andrews weeks on list b a. 6 Foucault s Pyramid by Umberto eco weeks on list 6. 7 daddy by Danielle steel weeks on list 10 .8 it by Stephen King weeks on list 27. A 9 reasonable doubt by Philip Friedman weeks on list. A 9 y 10 the Bonfire of the vanities by Tom Wolle weeks on v list 32 a Yyi a y y a. Non fiction 1 All i really need to know Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 57 a. ,. 2 the cat who came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory weeks on list 24 3 education of a wandering Man by Louis l amour weeks on list 3 4 the cuckoo s egg by Cliff. Stojin weeks of list 4 5 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 374 a 6 new kids on the Block by Lynn Goldsmith weeks on list 4 a. A. 7 High treason by Robert j. and Harrison Edward Livingstone weeks on list 8. 8 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 18. A. Y. A 9 liars poker by Michael Lewis weeks on list 13 a a 19 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list is. Y. Paperback miscellaneous 1 All i need to know i Learned from my cat by Suzy a Quot Becker weeks on list 4. A. 2 the authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill a Walterson weeks on list 1.3 by. A. 3 Weiner dog Art by Gary Larson weeks on list 7 4 the world almanac and Book of facts 1991 first a. Week on list by a a 5 the Quot late night with David Letterman Book of top ten lists by David Letterman Steve o Donnell it Al a -. Weeks on list 9. A ,. A a a a a the Riew Vork times a stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel 2 four past Midnight by Stephen King 3 the witching hour by Anne rice4 lady Boss by Jackie Collins 5 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 6 Longshot by Dick Francis 7 the secret Pilgrim by John be carr6 8 the general in his labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia -. Marquez y a -.-. -. 9 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton /. A 19 message from Nam by Danielle steel. Non fiction 1 by Way of deception by Victor Ostrovsky 2 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland Amory 3 get to the heart by Barbara Mandrell with George. a. A a Quot 4 Millie s Book As dictated to Barbara Bush a 5 Powers Hitt by Alvin to tiler -. A y a a y 0 Homecoming by John bradshaw7 darkness visible by William Styron 8 Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Chaile Leerhsen. Quot. A a a 9 the great Waldo search by Martin Handford 10 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen latin novelists hot among . Publishers Orth acetic Iii Pupil sirs it my Titus Fie Tion Linic pick Cit up n 1 ii tin Rte Mthm. 1 Gat Ricl Giyik i i Mario vat gigs Llos i Mitt is Obi Ali Cilc frn Coloni bin Purij i Tiit a Tilic respectively a in pc significant Umili american Fol Liny mrs and new novels s Quot the Gene nil in if is and Vargas to say a Quot in Praise of the Stepmother Quot were re teased this fall. Alter use s a the stories of should be oat next month. Live n u y e a r s a go 1 i v j no latin Amer Iclin authors had Only a few . Followers Imiah to attached of cd Slege Spanish Depa Rimels. Jorge Luis Lborges of Argent Ina for example was famous eve Iyow Bill Here,.where specialists walked about him. An old com intent by new. York times cola Mist James Gabrini l Tareia Kelson was regularly requited Quot North americans a Jorquez by ill do anything about latin an Erica but read about y y.= ? a a ii Lishing officials say the turnaround seemed to begin with Garcia March Teit a Nobel in Rizic for Litera Turc in jt1h2 a that arid his novel Quot one i Hundred years of y Quot Solitude Quot was no Success when the English Transl lion was released in hardcovers in 197d. But the paperback sold and kept Selling. In 1 ohs his Quot i Xiv in a time of cholera Quot hit Best seller lists almost As soon As it was released. Quot. A y Allende is a similar Case. Critics liked a the House of spirits Quot but its hardcover sales a around 35, it 00 a were resp enable rather than exciting. Readers found her through i he paperback released in. Vargas Lutisa similarly built a following slowly. Through nine novels. I3ul his publisher thinks he is ready to break out. Lor one thing one of his earlier novels a aunt Julia and the strip two iter Quot is about to be released As a Filma for another he had a put icily Boician a while running for president of Peru. He lost in he june Clec lion. Quot Peru a loss is literature s gain Quot said publisher Roger Straus to i publishers find in hard to account for the new North american popularity of three latin authors at the same time a four if you count Carlos Puentes who had a Hook last year. But one who asked not to he named lest some of his Yankee authors take the comment personally said the Appeal of authors who write in Spanish May be tied to the Low key tendencies of . North americans write minimalist prose about suburban anxieties and infidelities Allend of denies Garcia Marquez and Vargas Rosa spin new myths about life and Deuth Jove and hate. Hven i translation their language is Jitsu and passionate. Quot magical realism Quot is do name critics give for what they or Jess Allende More Vargas Llosa Jess it suggests a fusing of characters mundane lives with their dreams and imaginary even is the four authors differ fro Iii each other in their own co lexis. Rut in a North american context the similarities owing to Tii Cir common literary roots make them sex brie and at the same Lime appealing to readers 1whose diet otherwise is lacking in spices. Cox news service december 23y990. Sunday to plus Page 17
