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Calvino's spare narrative seems to cry out for allegorical explanations. Mr. Palomar could represent the travail of Western empiricism, in which every new discovery adds to the inexplicable. Or he might represent the last gasp of a class (European, intellectual, well-to-do) that is being smothered by the rise of the masses. None of the possible interpretations seems as interesting as the novel's deceptively plain but beguiling language. The wise reader of Mr. Palomar might best adopt a strategy that the hero formulates but fails to follow: "Perhaps the first rule I must impose on myself...
...imagine Cambridge--gasp--without the University. Although Harvard is not legally bound to pay taxes, it voluntarily coughs up anywhere between $500,000 and $1 million to the city annually...
...Help! Help!" I scream, but am answered only by my echoes, "Who are you people? Kidnappers? Terrorists?!" The only response is cruel laughter, "Who are you, then?" I gasp...
...Tarbox, is to be put forward as a new Messiah. The play is performed at fever pitch by its authors, Levi Lee, Larry Larson and Rebecca Alworth, and their dual roles have made them a little undisciplined: they have tended to retain anything that gets a laugh or a gasp of astonishment. Thus the first act ends with startling visual evidence that the infant really possesses spiritual powers; the second act does nothing to explore that provocative notion. Still, the , show's energy never flags, and its lunatic characters are perversely endearing...
When the Princess of Wales appeared at a ball for Britain's Fashion Week, an almost audible gasp of surprise rippled through the assemblage of London designers. In other surroundings Diana might have prompted yawns: she had chosen a dressing gown--bathrobe to most Yanks--made from turquoise, fuchsia and cobalt-blue silk faconne and worn over a formal dress. "Wearing it in public put the royal seal of approval on it," said delighted David Sassoon, who designed the robe for her after seeing the boudoir look in U.S. publications. Meanwhile, Charles and Diana accepted an invitation to visit Ronald...