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...fine line often separates the ambitious from the merely pretentious. In her dazzling debut novel, The Last Samurai (Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion; 530 pages; $24.95), Helen DeWitt walks this line with the utmost confidence. Describing the book, however--a work that covers decades, spans oceans, has sections in Japanese, Greek and Old Norse, and touches on chess strategy and Laplace transformations, whatever they are--may be tricky, so hang on tight...
...reached the end...I taught him to add 2 to a number and he covered 20 sheets with 2+2=4 3+2=5," Sibylla explains. How old was he? "I think he was about 3," recalls his mother. By five he knows Arabic, Hebrew, French and Greek and is desperate to learn Japanese...
...winter, to escape their unheated flat, they ride the Circle Line all day long, Ludo's stroller laden with books--these would include The Odyssey in Greek, some Japanese primers and The House at Pooh Corner. The pair are happy to sit and study; for Sibylla, the hardship comes with the stream of comments from other passengers astonished to see a child reading Greek. "Faced with officious advice feel almost overwhelming temptation to say:...'I know, I'll take the Tube, somebody on the Tube will be able to advise me...Thank you so much,'" Sibylla notes...
...Harvard, we are supposed to get a liberal education. For most of us, this means learning about the occasional Samurai, Bonobo or Greek Hero. But for many, this also means learning about the premiere performances of five of the world's greatest pieces of classical music...
This is the genuine item, written by a Greek food writer who divides her time between Athens and the island of Kea in the Cyclades. Kremezi spent eight years collecting recipes from fishermen, bakers and homemakers on the Greek islands. The result reads like a love letter to her native land. Forget about your basic Greek salad; we're talking To Chaviari Tou Ftochou ("Poor Man's Caviar"), Ktapodi Me Skordalia (Octopus with Garlic Sauce) and Nistisimes Hortopites (Fried Greens Pies). Sprinkled throughout are Kremezi's homey observations: "My version is loosely based on a recipe I got from Gerasimos...