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...around the globe in record time. DIED. JUAN JOSE ARREOLA, 83, a fiercely nationalist Mexican author who wrote 16 books of short stories and won Mexico's distinguished National Linguistics and Literature Prize in 1976; in Mexico City. Arreola 's Varia Invencion spawned a literary genre of poetry and prose woven intricately into story form. DIED. GERHART RIEGNER, 90, the honorary vice president and former Secretary-General of the World Jewish Congress, remembered for cabling the U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva with the first authoritative warning of the Nazi holocaust; in Geneva. The Aug. 8, 1942 telegram described Hitler...
Richard Corliss's review of the new Harry Potter film was a real disappointment [CINEMA, Nov. 19]. Despite what Corliss thinks, there is nothing wrong with making a lavishly faithful version of J.K. Rowling's outstanding literature. Excellent prose is difficult to transfer to film. What director Chris Columbus has done for moviegoers is to capture characters in an intriguing plot, rich with detail, and give these characters a sense of magic. I have only praise for Rowling and Columbus for entertaining all ages and all intellects. CINDY CAMPBELL Stanley, Kans...
...American readers, German author Bernhard Schlink has a huge task at hand with his new collection, Flights of Love: to successfully follow up on his immensely popular novel The Reader. Besides Schlink’s liquid prose and fluid character development, the two works are practically opposites, but Flights of Love should certainly hold its own against the huge expectations of Schlink’s fans. At its simplest, Flights of Love is a beautiful and delightfully uncompromising collection, showing a surprising quirkiness that still retains Schlink’s formalistic style...
...testing whether she can taste pasta in another person’s mouth—her daughter’s. The Devil’s Larder is a series of creative exercises, a chance for Crace to illuminate these strange but deeply felt moments bit by bit, in simple prose that contrasts starkly with the richness of the world he portrays...
Through his re-creation of ground-breaking experiments by famous scientists, Sacks experienced first-hand the joy of scientific discovery. Through the author’s lucid prose, the reader also experiences the individual sparkles of a young excited mind...