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England's George Orwell is another essential writer, and one with whom Lu Xun shares important traits. Each introduced new terms into the political lexicon: Ah-Q-ism (a proclivity for self-delusion) is as readily understood in China as references to Big Brother are elsewhere. Each author spent most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Orwell | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

The first section tells the story of four European critics bound together by a fascination with the elusive German novelist Benno von Archimboldi. Shallow globetrotters with a surplus of luxury time, they combine and couple in various permutations of the three male critics and their single female colleague, endure bizarre...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Topography of Hell: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’ | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Attention seekers like the Salahis, and before them the Heenes, suffer the opposite delusion: believing that their success in the world of pseudocelebrity insulates them from real-world consequences. In a state of media-induced temporary insanity, you might forget that people could get annoyed at you for faking your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger and the Salahis: Two Kinds of Celebrity Crash | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

Conservative politicians have a hard time believing this. I've seen it too often. They fly to Washington. They give speeches in congenial think tanks and have dinners with like-minded friends. They return to London convinced the U.S. would welcome a Britain that spoke independently of the E.U. and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Step for the European Union | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

In October of 1975, 17-year-old Alistair Little, approached the window of the Griffin family household and shot 19-year-old Jim Griffin three times. Jim’s younger brother, Joe, frozen by the sight of the gun in the masked man’s hand, stood in...

Author: By Jack G. Clayton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Five Minutes of Heaven | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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