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Helene Hegemann's debut novel, Axolotl Roadkill, cracked Germany's best-seller list and received rave reviews by newspapers after it was published in late January. "The book is phenomenal. And its author is a phenomenon," gushed the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Another paper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, called the book "the great coming-of-age novel of the Naughties." But Hegemann didn't have much time to rest on her laurels. A blogger, Deef Pirmasens, became suspicious of the minor's vivid descriptions of drug-fueled nights at the infamous Berlin techno club Berghain and discovered that several passages...
...plagiarism but something she calls "intertextuality," critics question whether she has pushed the limits of what is acceptable. In an age when sampling other artists' work has become ubiquitous in the music industry, where does creative sampling stop and plagiarism begin in the writing world? (See the 100 best novels of all time...
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...relied upon to work hard, and pragmatically, on vexing issues along the way to an ultimate deal. It could be trusted by all sides. That possibility still exists, although senior Administration officials seem unduly pessimistic about the chances of success. And there is a big obstacle here: the best way to resolve Gaza is for the U.S. to quietly convince Hamas that if it gives up Shalit - a huge issue for the Israelis - the U.S. would work to persuade Israel to lift the siege. The trouble is, the U.S. won't talk to Hamas. But if Obama's policy really...
Which brings us back to Cheney. He and his hard-line allies are rooting for Obama to fail. The leaders of Hamas - and other potential interlocutors, like the Syrians - need to understand that this may be their last best chance for progress. After Obama, the deluge...