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...creation of such a confident narrativevoice attests to Golden's diligence and skill as afiction writer. While Golden's name and the words"a novel" appear on the cover of Memoirs ofa Geisha, the novel begins with a translator'snote, convincingly signed by "Jakob Haarhuis,Arnold Rusoff Professor of Japanese History, NewYork University." The story begins from there asthe ever hopeful, bitterly realistic voice ofSayuri takes over, and the reader finds himself sotaken by the enveloping prose, quietly blendingthe "superlative degree of comparison" present inDickens's opening in A Tale of Two Citieswith the seducing party-haze of wealth...
...obviousenjoyment as he told this story at the Bostonreading and wondered aloud whether "it was me on agood day or a bad day?" He then added that thename of the supposed translator was a pun,"Haarhuis" substituting for "whore-house" inrecognition of the darker side of the geisha'sworld. "Arnold Rusoff," far from endowing aprofessorship at NYU, is actually a dear friend ofGolden's, eager for his 15 minutes of fame...
...only grew richer and warmer, and it was like someone flambed the bath. "Get Real" was a refreshing original funk rock number delivered with so much punch that it felt like getting soaked on a dog day. By the time she closed her set with a cover of Eddy Arnold's "You Don't Know Me," the place was utterly drenched in her voice. From the first moment you hear her, you know that Tardy is something very special. I am almost embarrassed that she is still in school, subject to mundane concerns like response papers, when...
...foster a real dislike of learning. The grownups who think homework is good for kids are the same ones who think lima beans and Brussels sprouts are great. It breaks my heart that dinner at my house is usually macaroni and cheese and a pall of gloom. LAUREN ARNOLD Mountain View, Calif...
...Instead, Arnold offered me a carefully tailored package of options designed to maximize both my grades and my personal global growth: Economics 985k, "Research in Financial Markets," Economics 2423, "Asset Pricing," Economics 2535, "Advanced Topics in International Finance" and Economics 1030, "Delay of Gratification." "But I'm a literature student," I objected. Arnold chortled. (Consumer studies have shown clients prefer consultants who chortle.) "That's just the sort of narrow-minded thinking that can sink a perfectly stable company," he said. "When everyone else is expanding into new markets, do you want to be left behind...