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Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen, a Belgian who lives in Rwanda, makes the greatest impression of this first round of books. First there is its setting, modern Rwanda, just after the ethnic massacres of 1994 that left 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Rich in authentic cultural and environmental detail, the book's authority is established within a few pages, putting you in a world never seen before in the medium. A harrowing tale about a madman, Deogratias, who imagines himself a dog, the story moves back and forth in time before and after...
...eminent creative talents were involved in the design of some of the accommodation. Graphic designer Theseus Chan covered one room with marine plywood, while director Glen Goei appointed another in red silk in homage to Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's period drama Raise the Red Lantern. The hotel's modern Cantonese restaurant is just as characterful, with glass windows on the ceiling looking straight into the swimming pool above - not that Loh needs any more help when it comes to making a splash. Rates from $150 a night...
Last night’s City Council meeting opened with a modern dance performance in celebration of the month of May staged in the center of the council’s meeting chamber, continued with a ceremony welcoming a visiting delegation from Mobile, Ala., and closed with Councillor Henrietta Davis reading her own poem about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated next year...
...modern countries, Levy said, there is a window of vulnerability that exists before children receive their first vaccines at about two months. Newborn babies have a high risk of contracting infectious diseases because of their immature immune systems, according to Levy...
...particular in continental philosophy,” Rosenblum said. Rosen will help strengthen Harvard’s course offerings in 19th century continental thought, an underrepresented area since the departure of continental specialist Seyla Benhabib in 2001. “Those hundred years were crucial for the development of modern thinking,” said Peter A. Hall, director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), where Rosen will be a faculty associate. “Now we have someone who knows the debates and writing of that period exceptionally well.” Hall praised...