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Evelyn Waugh doesn’t give us exciting heroes. The worlds he sketches are too full of cynicism, decay, and dissipation for shining personalities or unambiguous moral champions. But occasionally he gives us someone that we can get behind, a deeply flawed character who struggles mightily with issues of...
It’s stunning that, despite its scads of esoterica, Gnosticism, and descriptions of the minutiae of daily life and bureaucracy in Soviet Russia, Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita” still manages to be captivating and hilarious, chapter after chapter. The...
is a joint concentrator in English and Classics in Eliot House. She hopes that the distinct perspective on life and Harvard embodied in her column, “Petri Dishes,” will foster the development of university culture. Join her on alternate Tuesdays as she tackles relevant issues...
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, one of Europe’s most important politicians, expressed in his personal blog that having one person with Europe’s foreign mandate would answer Henry Kissinger’s famous question: “Who do I call if...
Like Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the remnants of many of Nicaragua's traditionally powerful families live in crumbling mansions in a no longer politically relevant city, clinging to memories of colonial grandeur. Their skin color is generally lighter than the rest of the population's; their politics...