SIMONE SIMON A Novel by LION FEUCHTWANGER Translated by G. A. Hermann New York THE VIKING PRESS 1944 "Love and renunciation, treachery and patriotism are woven by Feuchtwanger into a fabric that is singularly tense and affecting. The starightforward narrative of Simone and the legend of Joan of Arc merge imperceptibly, as the fate of the one clarifies for the other her mission and dstiny. Feuchtwanger has sketched in this novel a tale that is seemingly simple and naive. But behind the story of Simone there is the far greater story of France, and though the author never states it, no reader will Miss the heart-lifting parallel. The story of Simone, of Joan of Arc, is everlasting and ever true."