Word: magical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chris Van Allsburg is a magic realist whose haunting illustrations are full of silence and mystery -- perhaps too much mystery for his slender narratives. In The Stranger (Houghton Mifflin; $15.95), 15 autumnal watercolors all but supplant the story of a nameless figure knocked down by a farmer's pickup. He recuperates at the farm, mute but helpful. As long as the mysterious man is present, the farmer's fields stay green, while all around them leaves turn the color of fire. Winter comes only when the stranger departs. Every year thereafter, the frosty windows bear a Delphic message...
...evil he is fighting comes from the supernatural agents sent up from Hades to kidnap the child. Hard to trade quips with a bunch of special effects that mostly seem like outtakes from Raiders of the Lost Ark and indeed come from the same shop, George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic...
Despite Catliff's fame on the soccer field, Kingston is sure he could perform the same brand of magic on the rugby field...
...Magic Limbo...
...decision of the status of Earvin "Magic" Johnson for tonight's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics may not be made until game time, the Lakers announced yesterday...