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...plot is unabashedly gimmicky, clashing with Aciman’s rhythmic and ornamented sentences. “Eight White Nights” opens with a (heavily repeated) hook—“I am Clara??—with which the main love interest introduces herself. It then breaks into an eight-part narrative, in which each part chronicles a different night that the unnamed narrator spends with Clara. He meets her while lurking behind the tree at a Christmas party and is instantly and fatally drawn towards her. Smart and mean, Clara scintillates with brilliance...
...justice to the ideas and places he is evoking. The nod to a different cultural context is shallow, but additionally becomes disturbing when Aciman uses metaphors reminiscent of the pain and trauma caused by World War II to describe the main character’s somewhat unconvincing anguish at Clara??s rejection. He morosely declares, “I’ll always hate you for this, for bringing me to the abyss and forcing me to stare down, the way they force a detainee to watch the brutal execution of his cellmate.” His metaphor...
...half before the Broncos rallied to cut the deficit to two at the break, 31-29. Miller led the charge on both ends, scoring six points on 3-of-3 shooting, including two reverse layups around Bryant off passes from Lin.On the defensive end, he bodied up Santa Clara??s big man, limiting his touches and effectiveness, despite giving away four inches and 55 pounds.“I’m so proud of how Doug played,” Amaker said. “He gave us incredible effort on the interior. I was really proud...
...half before the Broncos rallied to cut the deficit to two at the break, 31-29. Miller led the charge on both ends, scoring six points on 3-of-3 shooting, including two reverse layups around Bryant off passes from Lin.On the defensive end, he bodied up Santa Clara??s big man, despite giving away four inches and 55 pounds, limiting his touches and effectiveness.“I’m so proud of how Doug played,” Amaker said. “He gave us incredible effort on the interior. I was really proud...
Clayton’s opponent may have thrown in the towel because Santa Clara??s victory was already sealed at that point...