Word: legacyism
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In his second novel, Ong comes home. The Disinherited is a morality tale set in Manila in 2000, moving throughout Philippine society, from ?lite private sports clubs to pestilential slums. Roger Caracera is the youngest son of a sugar magnate, who has come of age in California and now lives...
There are too many such false notes. None of them are egregious enough individually to lose the reader, but collectively they undermine the tale's impact. Another example: although $500,000 is a lot of money for most people, as the biggest legacy of a legendary sugar tycoon?representing the...
Cartier-Bresson's Legacy Thanks to James Nachtwey for his Appreciation of fellow photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson [Aug. 16]. Nachtwey's descriptions of Cartier-Bresson's artful shots made me aware of all the details that a single photo, like the one of Spanish children playing on a street, can...
Cartier-Bresson's Legacy
To millions of readers in scores of languages around the world, the name P.G. Wodehouse evokes a mirthful Edwardian realm of hapless dukes, fearsome maiden aunts and one very tolerant, quietly competent valet. Wodehouse, who died in 1975 at the age of 93, remains one of the best-loved English...