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...humor is a reminder that, however amusing their writing may be, these characters remain misanthropic monsters. Throughout the book, Bolaño exhibits an anxiety about the inability to simply enjoy literature for its own sake. What does it mean when, in a poem about personal relationships, the fictional Luz Mendiluce Thompson writes, “in my heart I am the last Nazi?” For Claudia, the woman she madly loves, it means that they’re mortal enemies. “Why? Because I’m a Trotskyite and you?...
...Since it was founded in 1997, the Center has been led by Professor Mark H. Moore, who will remain a part of the Executive Team as Faculty Chair. The Executive Team, comprised of three members, will be completed today with the arrival of Executive Director Aviva Luz Argote. While focusing primarily on international humanitarian efforts, Stone said he hopes to develop the Center’s presence on campus. “We want to work collaboratively, do joint projects with many other organizations around the University,” he said. “We can provide workshops...
...MCCANNS, WHO LIVE IN CENTRAL England, had gone on vacation with a few friends to Praia da Luz (Beach of Light), a tourist town in southern Portugal. The resort they chose, the Ocean Club, had a reputation for being kid-friendly. On May 3, the group was dining at the resort's tapas bar while the kids slept. At about 10 p.m., Kate McCann has said, she went to check on Madeleine and her siblings, 2-year-old twins Sean and Amelie. Madeleine was gone. The McCanns were not initially suspected; they have consistently denied any role in the disappearance...
...between the family and the Portuguese police were difficult from the first hours. Police believed that, like most missing young children, Madeleine had simply wandered off and would soon be found. Crucial time was lost to that assumption. The Spanish border is less than two hours from Praia da Luz, yet authorities did not search cars leaving Portugal or distribute a description of the girl...
...little ones with painkillers or sedatives. Madeleine's dose was mismeasured, or she had an unexpected reaction. The parents somehow hid her corpse for weeks and then got the body out in the trunk of their rental car even though a phalanx of reporters was camped in Praia da Luz...