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...geography or biology. Immigrants, in particular, face a paradox, for they have broken with the codes of their homeland in search of a better alternative, but the new rules leave them longing for the old rules. White Teeth doesn't harangue or choose sides; it sketches characters that hover on the human edge of caricature. The novel is so sprawling, so audacious, that at times it feels as if Smith has lost control. "It could have done with a huge amount of editing," she concedes...
Like everyone else in Louisiana, folks in Natchitoches benefit from the state's appealing tax structure, which exempts the first $75,000 of home value. Another attraction is the region's semitropical climate--January temperatures rarely dip below 50[degrees]F, and summer days hover...
...gallery suits the art well, for the pictures as well are surreal. They are large and richly colored, bigger and brighter than life. Most are made of several separate prints, taken and hung so that they create one image. Each seems to hover somewhere in between dream and reality, presenting a scene that makes the viewer wonder whether such a scene could occur, or whether the images are just the artist's fantasy...
...gallery suits the art well, for the pictures as well are surreal. They are large and richly colored, bigger and brighter than life. Most are made of several separate prints, taken and hung so that they create one image. Each seems to hover somewhere in between dream and reality, presenting a scene that makes the viewer wonder whether such a scene could occur, or whether the images are just the artist's fantasy...
...death. Dr. Bearing's experience thus seems to completely contradict this idea, with one important exception. The last moments of her life are exceptionally tranquil. She dies in her sleep and some time elapses before her death is even noticed by the hospital staff. Then, as doctors and technicians hover over her lifeless body, she creeps away serenely, sheds her gown and stands bathed in white light as the curtain falls. Her departure exudes quiet, dignified glory. Her transition to death is more of a comma than an intense, melodramatic instant. If nothing else, we can take comfort...