Thursday, March 12, 2009

Guilty As Charged

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"Poignant". "Compelling". "Nuanced". "Unflinching". These expressions and more are what you'll f...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

O Tempora O Mores

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From an e-mail I just received, retaining the formatting and grammar: Oxford Bookstore invites you to celebrate World Womens Day by offering...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Chemical Brothers

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This is from the latest issue of Tehelka . SOLO Rana Dasgupta In Jorge Luis Borges’s story, ‘Funes the Memorius’, a 19-year old finds hims...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Replaying The Great Game

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This is from the January-February issue of Biblio . THE WASTED VIGI L Nadeem Aslam In a recent analysis for The New York Times...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Scalpel, Please

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This is from today's Hindustan Times . CUTTING FOR STONE Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese is, of course, known for the sensitive, res...
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Lacking Enchantment

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This is from today's DNA . THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK John Updike Given that he wrote over 20 novels, it’s striking that most of the well-...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

Rooms Of Wonder

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Express IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS Daniyal Mueenuddin Writing about Henry Green’s Lo...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Updike's Five

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From an essay in Picked Up Pieces (1975), John Updike's rules for book reviewing: 1. Try to understand what the author wishes to do, a...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Chicago On The Nile

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Mumbai . CHICAGO Alaa Al Aswany “I am an American, Chicago-born,” said Bellow’s Augie March in his n...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Cheers

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This appeared in today's The Hindustan Times . EVERYDAY DRINKING Kingsley Amis Consider, first, this description of the stat...
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