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However, both the offensive and defensive lines were weakened by graduation, and loom as the Tribe's biggest question marks...
However, both the offensive and defensive lines were weakened by graduation, and loom as the Tribe's biggest question marks...
...Republic of China show how many of the items on display are created: a woodblock printer patiently applies each separate layer of a complicated flower design; a dough-figure craftsman fashions subjects too small to be seen without a magnifying glass; and two men effortlessly manipulate a seemingly undecipherable loom to produce a spectacular piece of silk--which requires hundreds of movements for every inch of design...
...this point, the novel assumes all the surrealistic proportions of a Latin American novel. Much of the book, in fact, has the quality of being oversized, larger than life. Pain and desperation loom hellishly large yet remain real enough so that they can hurt and relieve at once. There is something enormously energetic and liberating about a book that teeters on the edge of familiar life and grandiose invention. Knopf claims "Eberstadt is a writer to watch." Even more, she is a writer to read...
...awesome breath control and dazzling technique stunned audiences from the Sistine Chapel to Covent Garden. Of his 24 oratorios in English, only the redoubtable Messiah is a concerthall staple, and his best-loved instrumental works are such occasional pieces as the Water Music. Oddly, for one who used to loom so large, Handel awaits popular rediscovery...