Word: griefs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...underscored that Yale's strength is its sense of community," he said. "No student should go it alone with his or her grief...
This drum-beating, male-retreating, back-to-the-woods nonsense is still going on, by the way. Last February a hundred men retreated to a pine forest in Louisiana owned by Benedictine monks to acquire the ability to grieve. One reported that he had learned "to work my grief muscle." Thanks for sharing...
...historically unfriendly nations only stirred up more discontent. Though Beijing has not officially commented on the document, many Chinese don't think the statement goes far enough. Almost every Chinese family was affected by the earlier Japanese aggression, and it has been hard to let go of that grief...
...people a chance to escape from situations in which they cannot hope for a shot at professional opportunity and other social goods enjoyed by the members of the middle class is the kind of education offered by Harvard and other colleges of reputation. So that's why, despite some grief, I call classmates from time to time and ask for money...
Evening, then, while not particularly joyful, is not a novel about grief. It is compelling in its honesty, showing us the near-selfishness created by love without lecturing us or demanding that we listen. Minot expertly balances the intertwined threads of her novel, moving the story along in a verbal tapestry that plays with the potential of language without insisting that we read a deeper meaning in her word play. Perhaps its elements have been done before, but Evening is still able to transcend the bounds of its cliched parts to create a lovely and eye-opening whole...