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...crossbreeding of Spider-Man with new film technology--part of Marvel Comics' adventure in big-budget movies, which began with the hit Blade and X-Men entries--seems a natural. On the printed page, comic-book action hero is an oxymoron; a man can fly only in the reader's complicitous mind. Films make the fantastic real; they are, after all, called motion pictures. In the new Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood arachno-human can execute some cool moves as he trapezes above New York City. In these aerial scenes (a combination of acrobatic stunt work and digital derring...
According to Bob Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation, the recipient of the award “drew no conclusions but required the reader to think about the circumstances and make his and her own judgements...
Local color adds tremendously to the novel; rather than set the tale in a generic Anytown, U.S.A., Montgomery places the action square in Baltimore. The reader will be delighted by small details like the Light Rail transit line and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Hunt Valley Mall (where one can actually buy paintball gear). Institutions and landmarks like the Baltimore Orioles and the Gunpowder River are not simply bandied about to lend an air of authenticity. Attention to such detail is crucial, as Montgomery uses his familiarity with fisherman’s lingo and military life to good...
...promise. It is here that her story takes off, beginning a whirling journey through a generally unexplored world, as Blumenfeld travels from her new home in Jerusalem to Europe, America and the Middle East, examining the ways revenge is treated in different cultures. Although at times the reader may wish for a stronger sense of chronology, the book skillfully combines personal journal with thoughtful analysis. Whether it’s in Sicily, where she learns of the Mafia’s ways, Albania, where she studies a popular local book that dictates acceptable methods of revenge, or Iran, where...
...book that draws the reader deep into the author’s mind, something with which Laura is not entirely comfortable—she became a journalist, she explains, because she wanted to write about others. There was, however, no way to avoid the profoundly personal nature of her story and, indeed, that is what makes it great. She recently talked with Bill Clinton, who called to praise the book and mentioned how he related to Laura’s brother’s difficulty with her parents’ divorce. While this public intimacy with her life...