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...frustrating book. It works so well in theory: an allegorical representation of Franco’s Spain, a kind of literary “Pan’s Labyrinth,” complete with maniacal teenaged stepmothers and vicious town rituals, not to mention the dimension created by the book??s publishing history. But coming out of such an intriguing background, this is a thin novel in every sense of the word...
...have won. In fact, though I have to admit I haven’t finished it, I have a hard time believing that there could be another piece of fiction from 2008 that is more ambitious, more expansive, more powerful than Bolaño’s book??that there is any other book more deserving. Rather, the problems that I see all stem from that simple piece of common knowledge: Bolaño is dead. When the award was presented to the translator, Natasha Wimmer, the author himself was a thoughtless corpse decomposing in his lime-strewn...
...other sex crimes. The nose was also supposed to reveal whether or not a woman was still a virgin, based on the thickness of her cartilage. Anecdotes like this, revealing a common and fascinating trend in the medieval understanding and cultural depiction of the body, provide much of the book??s worth, which ultimately resides in Groebner’s masterful knowledge of the mores of the Middle Ages. Considerable attention is also given to the emblematically horrific depiction of the Passion of Jesus Christ in the Middle Ages. Groebner astutely renders Christendom’s dualistic fascination...
...thrilled to be giving this award to such a distinguished historian and to the president of such a distinguished university, Mirrer said. She also added that the Society mainly receives entries for the award that are biographies and narrative accounts. History Professor Walter Johnson said Faust’s book??which was published early last year—makes readers think about what the phrase ‘the war dead’ means in new ways. “Its among the handful of books I think everyone should read about the Civil...
...From Hell”—left a daunting task for eager filmmakers. Any worthy onscreen adaptation would need to capture the gritty depth and scope that have made the book so influential, while preserving the pace and stylistic flair of a thriller.In conveying the book??s events and emotion, Snyder largely succeeds. The high revenue of his last directorial project, “300,” gained him leverage in resisting Warner Bros.’ efforts to shorten and update the film. With an R rating, Snyder was able to embrace...