Word: fictionalizes
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...domination and who have their own quiet valleys and lush islands to treasure in this age of onrushing development. Aw's triumph is to have produced a tale of love and betrayal that transcends mere location. His luck is to have set it in a country so unused to fiction that it can mean many things to many readers, while remaining exotic...
...first major work of fiction written in English by a Malaysian about his country in recent memory, Aw's The Harmony Silk Factory has won enthusiastic reviews since its publication in March in the U.S. and the U.K. Foreign rights have been sold in nearly a dozen countries, and the book will appear in Asia in June. Malaysians looking for insights into their country's modern condition may be disappointed. Other readers may find themselves enjoyably lost in a land of magic and mayhem...
...Fake” is the true story of many fakes and a few fake stories about fakes. I love that description. In this case, truth is truly stranger than fiction. Welles’ creates a portrait of internationally known art forger Elmyr de Hory, who had recently been the subject of a bestselling biography by Clifford Irving called “Fake...
Infidelity in the movies, in all contemporary fiction, is seen as a mostly middle-class affliction. The other ranks may be portrayed as beery bigots or cheery peddlers of homely wisdom, and they may be permitted any form of luxury that can be purchased on the installment plan. But the indulgences that are paid for in painful scenes and sleepless nights are usually denied the working class...
...show is Baryshnikov's. He might have been embarrassed at having elements of his autobiography drossed into pulp fiction; instead he displays a muscular, ironic elegance. And when he throws himself into an improvisatorial solo to the folk strains of Outcast Singer Vladimir Vysotsky, Baryshnikov creates a tingling explosion of anger, isolation, homesickness and ferocity. Any viewer not wiped out by this dance is hereby excused from the human race. For all its superpower simplifications, White Nights has discovered in Baryshnikov a keen and passionate movie hero. Giggle at the film's naivet; then feast on Misha and dance down...