Word: reader
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, the book does not live up to its intent. Zinner is open and frank in his discussion, delving into various details of oral, genital, and anal sex. But at the same time, he is not always direct, often leaving the reader confused. While he addresses some subjects frankly, his use of terms is inconsistent, often waxing euphemistic when balking doesn't seem necessary. Words like void and discharge instead of more straight forward terms like urinate or excrement contrast with his free use of other anatomical terms, serving only to confuse the reader...
...repercussions on many levels: if there is a whirlwind of starlings crisscrossing the sky, then there will be a network below of messages along the telephone lines, as Mr. Palomar and his odd friends exchange observations on the birds. Calvino is a great writer because he is a great reader--he reads the world as if it were a book...
Instead, Whelan dwells incessantly on the minute details of Capa's exaggerated tales, correcting almost every fib as he goes along. And in an effort to provide a setting for Capa, the author saturates the reader with the political and social details of Europe from 1913 to 1950. At numerous points in the book, Robert Capa, the man and the photographer, is lost in the torrent of information on war strategies and political twists. Whelan is too long on details and too short on analysis...
Journalism these days is more responsible and safer. The aim seems to be to spread before the reader an uncontaminated body of information accompanied by well-labeled opinions of advocates of this or that cause. From this the reader can form his own outraged or outrageous opinions. Somebody has to, or this won't be the same old country...
...might. He is long on description, short and cautious on analysis. But in the process of collecting data from Strindberg's life and from some 75 volumes' worth of plays, novels, stories, poems, essays, diaries and letters, Meyer scatters all the fascinating and self-contradictory clues a reader could ask for. Strindberg emerges as the most deceptive of fanatics. He was "slim and elegant," fastidious in his dress and aristocratic in his bearing, with a "trace of shyness." The great intimidator confessed to being "afraid of the dark," as well as of "dogs, horses, strangers." He did not lack that...