▁see ▁History ▁of ▁P omer ania . ▁ ▁The ▁village ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 5 3 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : V ill ages ▁in ▁G da ń sk ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁October ▁Island ▁is ▁a ▁novel ▁by ▁American ▁author ▁William ▁March , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁by ▁Little , ▁Brown ▁( in ▁the ▁United ▁States ) ▁and ▁G oll an cz ▁( in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ). ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁not ▁currently ▁in ▁print . ▁ ▁While ▁there ▁were ▁plenty ▁of ▁reviews ▁( Ro y ▁S . ▁Sim mond s ▁lists ▁ 2 9 ▁in ▁his ▁William ▁March : ▁An ▁An not ated ▁Check list ), ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁quite ▁negative ; ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁negative ▁reviews ▁claimed ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁flat ▁and ▁un inter est ing . ▁In ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Book ▁Review , ▁Donald ▁Bar r ▁compla ined ▁that ▁the ▁characters ▁were ▁mar ion ettes ; ▁John ▁Bet j eman , ▁in ▁the ▁Daily ▁Te legraph , ▁was ▁even ▁more ▁critical : ▁" The ▁book ▁is ▁written ▁simply , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁empty , ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁really ▁nothing ▁beyond ▁its ▁simplicity . ▁It ▁is ▁neither ▁real ▁nor ▁fant astic ." ▁ ▁Pos itive ▁app rais al ▁came ▁from , ▁for ▁instance , ▁Charles ▁Po ore , ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁who ▁pra ises ▁March ' s ▁" nov el ▁of ▁salt ▁and ▁sav or " ▁full ▁of ▁" qu iet , ▁un ins istent ▁ir ony " ▁and