Word: discontentment
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MICHAEL Chabon, whose short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, is following in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and J.D. Salinger with this novel. Like Kerouac, Chabon seeks to explore the outskirts of human discontent and disillusionment. Like Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye, he writes about a...
The crux of Hedda Gabler's discontent, as we vaguely infer from the play's early scenes, has something to do with her recent marriage to the bookish George Tesman (Erik Salovaara). Hedda is not what you would call the Stepford wife type. She gains pleasure from slamming doors, playing...
In eight years, Ronald Reagan has made the rich richer and the poor more discontent.
The new strategy comes easily to Gephardt because he, more than any other Democratic candidate, has an instinct to please, an inclination to tell people what he thinks they want to hear. Yet he is tapping a real well of discontent and economic nationalism. Such a message plays well in...
Still, the evangelists remain a force to be reckoned with, collectively taking in well over $1 billion a year and attracting millions of faithful radio and TV listeners. During the year of discontent there was even some growth. The new N.R.B. directory shows increases in TV stations (from 221 to...