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"Only connect the prose and the passion," wrote British novelist E.M. Forster, "and both will be exalted." Zadie Smith's third novel, On Beauty, does, and they are. Beautifully written, it is - like her debut best seller White Teeth - essentially a story about families, expansive enough to encompass questions of...
In a way, Garbo's early retirement was a gift to her fans, as if she wanted to protect the image of her screen beauty before they saw it crumble into mere middle-aged attractiveness. But she must also have known that her standing was secure. She saw that in...
Her nephew Donald Reisfield says he asked Garbo, just before she died in 1990, if she had ever been happy. Her answer: "Yes." That direct yet enigmatic reply summarizes the Garbo style: the bold statement of her beauty, the daring in her sublime craft, the mystery at the heart of...
The most ambitious and controversial art-restoration project of the 20th century, the cleaning of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, is in its eighth year, with five years still to go. All the wall lunettes and three of the nine Old Testament scenes on the ceiling are finished...
Designed by architects Guiliana Salmaso and Goetz Maximilian Keller, each of the rooms comes with an unusually well-appointed kitchenette including such flourishes as champagne flutes and Asian-accented porcelain. Living areas come stocked with seductive Linari room fragrances, gender-specific toiletries by La Bottega, flat-screen TVs, DVD players...