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...Keene's enchantment with Japanese literature began when he stumbled on Murasaki Shikibu's 11th century classic The Tale of Genji in a Times Square bookshop in 1940. The hero Genji is a sensitive aristocrat who pursues beauty in a world he knows more readily offers sadness. With the news from Europe full of Nazi advances, Keene writes, "I turned to it as a refuge from all I hated in the world around me." The translation was by Arthur Waley, a British polyglot who was also a famed translator of classical Chinese literature. Keene eventually befriended him, and years later...
...novel come home to find that his wife had left him for another? Debauer’s desires continually change throughout the novel—might they not change again?It’s not even truly clear which character is the hero and whose journey is the journey. Schlink skillfully layers odyssey upon odyssey. Most evidently, there is Debauer’s personal journey to find the two mystery men in his life. But there is also the story of his father, John de Baur, who attempted to create a new life by subterfuge. There is the story that...
...state is the unpopular lame-duck Gov. Matt Blunt. "We're down to a McCain-Romney fight," said Selck. "And it's my opinion John McCain is going to do well. Mitt Romney is the big-shot Easterner to all us poor folks. John McCain is a hero...
...this week it was Giuliani who dropped out of the race and endorsed McCain, praising him as an "American hero...
...upstart Giants. Coughlin plays the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a seemingly crazy old man who makes a sacrifice (Kenobi’s life, Coughlin’s archaic style of authoritarian coaching) for the good of his cause. Eli Manning stars as Luke Skywalker, the reluctant hero with a slow learning curve who realizes his true potential just in time to lead his team when it needs him the most. The part of Han Solo—the cocky and selfish talent who eventually sees the light and develops into an essential contributor to his team?...