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...there is a difference between gratuitously employing “adult” words in a children’s book and complementing one’s narrative with the use of words that signify the mysterious adult world around the protagonist. If taboo subjects are brought up in a children’s book and dealt with in the proper manner, then it should not be censored...
Hearing Valentino Achak Deng speak at Memorial Church on Monday night would have been an uncanny experience for those who have read Dave Eggers’ latest work. Deng is the protagonist of “What is the What,” a novel that is also a fictionalized, autobiographical account of his experiences as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. And while Eggers’ name may be on the front of the book, the voice between the covers is unmistakably Deng’s.It is a surprising move for Eggers, a writer who has made...
...white picket fence. It is not until one actually purchases and reads the book (or, in case, the dust jacket) that one realizes that “The Double Bind” is actually the story of the “savage attack” of the female protagonist while riding that very bicycle. Oh, that silly publishing house! THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Sidney Poitier Mr. Sidney Poitier’s hands are clasped together in a contemplative pose; the image is taken in a solemn black and white. His eyes point towards you, though...
...that class imparted something more lasting than cartographical knowledge: a passionate hatred for the insipid, as embodied in the literature of Albom.For those fortunate enough to be unacquainted with his work, Albom has found a niche writing inspirational books that invariably involve a soul-searching protagonist grappling with death, either his own or someone else’s. Mix one part terminal illness with one part self-realization and you end up with three books on the New York Times Best Seller List.You know your friend who always has the sappy, poorly-worded quotes for her away messages? She?...
...hero was another strong man with a secret identity: in this case, Denny Colt, a detective who was believed killed and resurrected himself as the do-gooder Spirit. With Superman and Batman and their caped cronies running altruistically amok through urban mean streets, Eisner was encouraged to make his protagonist a bit more like them; only reluctantly did he slap a mask on the Spirit to establish his kinship to the superheroes. New York (Metropolis, Gotham) was here called Central City, though later the Spirit traveled abroad. Sometimes he nearly disappeared from his own strip, making only a perfunctory appearance...