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...Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy,” one of the book’s three narrators proposes to retell the history of America between June 14, 1968 and May 11, 1972, and unsurprisingly, the novel’s perspective on that history is one of general brutality, filled with accounts of racism, corruption, hatred and violence...

Author: By Heather D. Michaels, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Rover' Runs Red, if Overlong | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...general it is a matter of experimenting with the different arrangements of one color,” Debussy wrote in 1894 concerning the composition of his three “nocturnes,” “which, in painting, for example, would be a study in grey.” Debussy’s vision of grey is not flat or dull; instead, it is a tone that remains mysterious, though it partially reveals itself in beautiful and distinct flashes. In the same manner, this delicate nuance of a singular emotional mode underlies Kazuo Ishiguro’s first...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ishiguro Releases an Accomplished But Mild Collection | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...general Harvard community, however, Islamic art’s relevance is not necessarily its religious import but its undeniable cultural significance...

Author: By Meredith S. Steuer | Title: Middle Ground | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Brian C. Pfeifer, a second-year HBS student who worked at LearnVest over the summer, said that the female focus is appropriate, since “a lot of finance in general is catered...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Personal Finance Web Site To Debut | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...increasingly curious about the outside world, that doesn't mean they're having fantasies about capitalist life. "It's silly to say North Koreans are so naive that they think South Korean dramas represent actual life in South Korea. They know it's entertainment," says Simon Cockerell, the general manager of Koryo Tours in Beijing, which leads tour groups to North Korea several times each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soap-Opera Diplomacy: North Koreans Crave Banned Videos | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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