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...stump. During our conversation and his Brattle Theater book discussion, the novelist avoids long eye contact and gives the impression of being folded shut in spite of his magnificent posture. The right angles of his silvering haircut and goatee intensify his wide, round eyes, rendering him by turn ingenuous, nervous, or boyishly elated. Externals aside, Hollinghurst suffers another setback: he refuses to keep track of his own credentials. He never re-reads his publications, and by now claims to forget most of “The Swimming Pool Library,” with subsequent novels slipping toward the same oblivion.His...
...auditorium resounded with boos, at which point the “Sandman,” a post filled this year by Jay R. Lundy ‘09, ran on stage with a broom to sweep away the offending act. “Sure, everyone’s nervous, even if they know their act is good,” said Cecilia C. Ekperi ’09, who had several friends in the show. But she questioned the severity of the audience, saying it was more like a talent show than a real Apollo Night, since no one wanted...
...more aggressive forecheck, to be sure. An offense of lighting passes and downright hustle that only accelerated as the game wore on. And a defense that didn’t budge in front of senior goaltender John Daigneau down the stretch. “We were all a little nervous at the start, myself included,” said Daigneau, who watched Big Green forward Eric Przepiorka bounce the puck past him 59 seconds into the first period. “That first goal didn’t help.” But Du tied...
...first event on the program, Johannes Brahms’ “Tragic Overture,” is a story of unfulfilled expectations—a dark and nervous piece of music haunted by lyrical dreams of tenderness. Like Beethoven’s third symphony, the “Tragic Overture” opens with two solitary chords. Unlike Beethoven, however, whose opening to his third symphony is bold and heroic, Brahms’ second chord is built unsteadily on a note one step above the tonic and is missing the third entirely. This foreshadows the unmistakable loneliness and emotional...
...plot and characters a sense of historical and cultural depth. Not that there isn’t enough to hold our attention in the plot’s present. The never-ending whirl of parties and holidays, buoyed on a golden wash of champagne over barely concealed nervous breakdowns, has enough energy to propel the book on its own.Lending a delicate counterpoint to the glitter and noise, the supremely articulate yet supremely uncertain Nick drifts on the current, avoiding neither the glare of his hosts’ spotlights nor the murk of their secret shames. As his surname implies, Nick...