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Even when he is writing about relatively fantastic subjects, like spirit possession in sheep, Murakami's sensibility is that of the skeptical realist. His narrator is inevitably everyman, contemporary Tokyo edition - a thirtyish urban male in a low-key, white-collar job, a somewhat passive fellow who doesn't expect much out of life and takes what comes with jaded equanimity. Like the narrators of Raymond Carver's stories - Murakami is Carver's translator - they are unremarkable men, less driven by the ethic to succeed and less enmeshed in the powerful webs of family and business and community than most...
...Apesos’ style changes very little throughout the exhibit. For the most part, he uses oil paints to create clearly defined images, reminiscent of the Romantic painters, but on a few occasions he creates a somewhat blurred, muted scene, making the painting seem more at home in the Realist tradition...
...cynic would suggest the bonhomie was a sign that none thought the bill had a chance of passing. But a realist would give them credit for trying, while recognizing it as the protective warmth that envelops any effective mutual-aid society. Campaign-finance reform may be an arcane subject, but it is also a matter of survival for politicians, as familiar as their morning coffee. And the Senators were using their intimate knowledge of the subject to protect themselves and each other...
...skirts of a dying ballerina. In a late painting of lilac blossoms in a vase, you can feel the thick darkness--the darkness of Goya, whose work Manet adored--closing implacably on the fragile white blooms. This may have been as near to deliberate allegory as Manet, the arch-Realist, would go. Or it may not: one can't be quite sure...
...cynic would suggest the bonhomie was a sign that none thought the bill had a chance of passing. But a realist would give them credit for trying, while recognizing it as the protective warmth that envelops any effective mutual-aid society. Campaign finance reform may be an arcane subject, but it is also a matter of survival for politicians, as familiar as their morning coffee. And the senators were using their intimate knowledge of the subject to protect themselves and each other...