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Among other things, Love Without Hope is about duty of care: society's, for strangers like Mrs. Shoddy who hover beyond town fringes; and the reader's, for a character worthy of compassion and completion. Despite seemingly absurdist and sardonic elements, the novel is simpler and less fanciful than Hall's previous ones. It is set in 1983, when in N.S.W. there did reign a Department of, and Master in, Lunacy. And even today one doesn't have to travel far to find larger-than-life Country Women's Association presidents, murderous property developers or delusional district nurses. These...
...business partner, David Bernstein, also an experienced publishing hand, are betting that these bite-sized books are the perfect way to capture the best voices of the blogosphere in an easy-to-read format. Says Bellow: "Pamphlets are the ideal form for the needs of the intelligent reader in our fast-paced, media-saturated, ADD culture." The average TNP pamphlet averages 40 to 80 pages. Small enough to cart around easily (4x6 inches), they run $4 apiece on TNP's website...
...Golden Globe and National Board of Review prizes, as well as Supporting Actress kudos from the Florida, New York, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Satellite, Southeastern and Washington, D.C., film critics. Hudson is such a sure thing that, if she doesn't win, I will personally pay $1 to every TIME.com reader who writes in. (Offer not available to any TIME.com reader.) It happens that she's also sensational in the role...
...guessing I'm not the only reader who saw that the Person of the Year was "You" and said, "Ewww." It's sad that a once important cultural touchstone has devolved into the equivalent of everyone-gets-a-trophy day at summer camp. Matthew Obernauer Austin, Texas...
...guessing I'm not the only reader who saw that the Person of the Year was "You" and said, "Ewww." It's sad that a once important cultural touchstone has devolved into the equivalent of everyone-gets-a-trophy day at summer camp...