Word: authored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...absurdist nightmare, a story that all but defied the Western imagination. A middle-aged author, born in Bombay but for many years resident in London, writes a long, sardonic novel, by turns philosophical and comic and fantastic. In the book's opening scene, two middle-aged Indian actors fall 29,002 feet from a jetliner that has just been exploded by terrorists over the English Channel. They have an animated conversation as they hurtle toward earth; they land safely, but then their troubles begin anew. Along the way, the author writes about his schooling and young adulthood in Britain, about...
Tonight Ronnie Gilbert and Tom Paxton take the stage at Sanders Theater with a folk music extravaganza. Gilbert, formerly with the Weavers, is known for her strong contralto voice and has been performing since the 1940s. Paxton is the author of "Rambling Boy" and "The Last Thing on My Mind," and is known for his satire and sentimental wit. Tonight, the two combine their talents in what should be an outstanding first-time-together performance...
More than poetry, Doctorow's prose has rhythm--it reads like a song. The author is obviously conscious of the effect. While he runs the risk of sating the reader with style, Doctorow escapes the flowery...
Extraordinary in its simplicity, the book's plot recounts the author's lunch hour, as he muses on the escalator back to work. Although a routine lunch hour, Baker has a lot to think about on his way to the mezzanine where his office is located. How he breaks two shoelaces in two days, goes to lunch, buys new shoelaces and stops to read the Penguin Classic edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations...
...book reads well, despite annoying parenthetical injections of "comic" editorial opinion. These appear only in the first few chapters--evidently the author later realizes he can incorporate them into the body of the text. But the story lacks the creativity of the original novels: Only dedicated fans will maintain an interest...