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...Forget about the medicine, forget about the surgery, forget about the politics,” he said, alluding to his diverse career. “I hope in 10 years to reduce [the illiteracy rate] to something manageable. Then the economic, health and political problems can be more easily solved...
...line that stands out awkwardly for its dowdiness in a brilliantly written album. But “Guarantees” is buried mid-album, and by the time you get to the concluding “In Her Music Box,” you forget all about it. This last track discusses the world from a little girl’s point of view while sampling a music box. Atmosphere knows what they’re best at, and by the end of the album, they want to make sure that we know, too: unusual social messages, music that fits...
...those who live in that city. The characters and the settings of Silver’s novel are the ones that have been forgotten by modern literary America. We like to think of rural California the way Steinbeck painted it—majestic and a little wild. But we forget that Steinbeck’s stories were filled with loneliness. He first presented what Silver has rediscovered, a rural California that is dusty, deserted, and a little lost—just like its inhabitants. While Silver’s narrative is not particularly intriguing, her portrayal of life...
...outs in another author’s hands seem almost real in Docx’s. “Be as charming as champagne,” one solely conniving character thinks to himself as he winds himself up for extortion. His eloquently worded thoughts almost make one forget that, rather than a fully developed character, he is for Docx more of a manifestation of greed.These characters, however barely sufficient as portraits by themselves, contribute to the backdrop of Docx’s great portrait of St. Petersburg, a city that the author manages, in a passage here...
...curious if Jumek is still in love with Tusia. Actually, he's a good guy. I like him, but not in the same way I like Mietek. With Mulek you can talk and forget about the sex difference, and I like that very much. When you talk to Janek, he is always very polite, reserved, just waiting for the moment he can help me with something and in that way, show me his superiority. Oh, him and his superiority! I can't stand it, that's why I liked Lolek. Actually, I still like him, but I haven't seen...