THE DORP by"Frieda Arkin. 360 pages. Dial. $6.95.
Frieda Arkin has found a real, snug little place for herself in northern New York State, name of Kuyper's Dorp. Halfway between the Adirondacks and the Catskills. Orif you prefer to chart it on another maphalfway between the delicate perceptions of Our Town and the guff of Peyton Place.
Up to now a craftswomanly short story writer, Miss Arkin in this book has not so much composed a novel as arranged a tableau, then methodically violated it with sudden disasters. Give Miss Arkin a road...
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