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...meandering quality of 2666 has its own logic and its own power, which hits you all the harder because you don't see it coming. How can art, Bolańo asks, a medium of form and meaning, faithfully reflect a world that is blessed with neither? That is in fact a cesspool of randomness and filth? An orderly book, all signal and no noise, would not be a true book. To mirror a broken world, to speak the unspeakable, you need a broken book. That Bolańo should have died and left his book an orphan might even have struck...
...celebrity memoirist Roger Moore trips at the first hurdle. In the foreword to My Word Is My Bond, Moore promises to deliver "a fun book with no recycled scandal, tittle-tattle or dirtdishing." This seems to me to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding on Moore's part of the genre to which he is contributing. Fortunately for us Moore is not quite as good as his word...
...logic and its own power, which builds into something overwhelming that hits you all the harder because you don't see it coming. This is a dangerous book, and you can get lost in it. How can art, Bolaño is asking, a medium of form and meaning, reflect a world that is blessed with neither? That is in fact a cesspool of chance and filth? In Part 2 of 2666 the philosophy professor, whose name is Amalfitano, recreates one of Marcel Duchamp's ready-made artworks: he hangs up a geometry textbook outside his house by a string...
...Rourke also noted that the blackout at the start of Opening Days laid the foundations for the bonding and overall cohesiveness of the class. Over meals in the historic and crowded Annenberg Hall, the brief snapshot of college life led both parents and students to reflect on the first eight weeks of the academic year. Siya Ngcobo ’12 said the weekend provided him with a “wake-up call for how fast everything is happening.” His father said he now knows that the “best institution is the best...
...urban planning and design. “There is a concern for quality, simplicity, the elegant solution and detail.” Meaker said. “Architecture is for making things comfortable and cozy for society.” Meaker added that these elements of architecture are a reflection of the culture in Sweden, a country with both the world’s highest taxes and one of its highest standards of living. On behalf of the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, an affiliate of the University of Copenhagen, Meaker presented an outline of the summer study programs...