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...Where the family goes doesn't actually matter, of course. Neither does knowing the ending before reading the book, which is drenched in unfaltering, sullen cynicism. Like most tragedies, the dark and demoralizing narrative arc of Mountains Painted with Turmeric is predictable - its heft relying on the inexorability of disaster to come. From the start, there's no question that things will end badly for the good, penurious farmer of "limited intellect" whose name, Dhané (or "wealthy one"), is a barbed irony...
...true that in many ways the United States does not have the global economic heft it once did. The U.S. stock market today accounts for 35% of world market cap, compared to 50% just 10 years ago. In recent times, as the American economy has slowed, other countries, such as China and Germany, which once could have been relied upon to follow, have actually continued to see growth...
...Line Opinion, says that while Australia's use of Internet politicking has grown, it remains well behind the U.S., where massive fundraising, "town hall" debates and even candidacy announcements take place online. Young, the Queensland Liberal Party's campaign chairman from 1995-97, says the Net's real heft is its ability to spread key messages cheaply and easily, with old media then reporting its doings. "It's like malaria," he says. "In the mosquito it does nothing, but once it's infected a human it can spread. The Net is the way of spreading" the message...
...husband's ability to spin average material into commercial gold, and here her material is below average. The up-tempo title track barrels at you with the charm of a truck ad, while the lamely worded ballads float away without carrying any real emotion. Yearwood sings with brassy heft, but she can't lift this...
...longer of the two books, The Assassin's Song jumps between the late 13th century and the past half-century, and while the technique adds some emotional heft and spiritual context to the story, it ultimately distracts from the central plot. Vassanji captures important moments in Indian history - the war with China in 1962 and the 2002 riots - in wonderful detail that links to the personal tale at the center of the novel. But the undoubtedly painstaking research can also grow too heavy and sometimes leaves one wanting more story and less history lesson...