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...title symbol of Chang's memoir, however, is that of the 'narrow gate' which marked the entrance to her mother's high school, the First Girls School, or Bei-yi-nu, in Taiwan...
...Indeed, at times the rawness of these letters threatens to expose a Naipaul more human than we might want to believe. Naipaul's friend and contemporary Paul Theroux published a memoir in 1998 about their rocky relationship since the two met in Africa in 1966. Theroux's depiction of Naipaul's egoism and reputation for being difficult is only confirmed by Family Letters. Cynical about the intellectual capabilities of his fellow Oxonians, close to very few people at the university, Naipaul comments to his sister, "It is difficult to exaggerate the dangers of a place like Oxford--the retarding influence...
...Still, such details only add to the power of the book as an intensely truthful memoir, and the selections often bring home the emotion of certain events in a fashion that is admirably heightened by the book's particular form. When the elder Naipaul dies, the first indication we get of the tragedy is Vido's frantic wire home, "He was the best man I knew stop everything I owe to him be brave my loves trust me." Vido's urgent need to connect with his family upon hearing the news comes through clearly in the wire, even...
...There is no object so foul," Emerson says, "that intense light will not make it beautiful." This aphorism, reflecting the 19th century's core faith in progress and reason, could be the guiding premise behind Roger Martin du Gard's expansive novel, Lieutenant-Colonel de Maumort. A memoir of the eponymous character, the novel is a testament to reflection and self-examination. Maumort, born in 1870 to an old landowning family in the Perche region of Northern France, strives to illuminate his past while his family estate serves as quarters for a Nazi regiment during the German occupation. Focusing...
...sort through his years at Harvard, Epps says he has already written 300 pages of his memoir--and is just starting to tackle the tumultuous time of 1969, when University Hall was taken over by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Epps, then a young associate dean, was forcibly removed from the building by protesters...