Word: revealing
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There is a truth at the heart of this novel, although that doesn't make it good. The truth is that names can reveal the hidden essence of a thing, but they can also conceal it. That is an insight the reader will arrive at long before Whitehead's protagonist does (you may possibly be aware of it before opening the book). In the meantime he mopes around town riffing on the ephemera of small-town America and indulging his obsession with brand names. The tone is light, by turns over- and underwritten. Our hero seems as uninterested...
...odor of postmodernism clings to Apex Hides the Hurt, a sense that you're watching the shadow play of symbols of things and not the things themselves. There are things around that hurt--vacant late-capitalist follies, personal disillusionment, buried historical crimes. But Whitehead is unable or unwilling to reveal them...
...statement of political belief. They don’t even say, “Feel enthusiastic about the pro-life cause? Come to the Harvard Right to Life meeting at so-and-so time.” They seek to cause anger, not excitement. In doing so, they reveal their antagonistic purpose, implicitly admitting that their primary function is to irritate pro-choice supporters on campus. This kind of purposeless aggression, as far as I am concerned, is fine in the realm of the Yard. Really, that is a very public space and I have seen some rather odd things...
...announced at an unveiling event in May. Although the name of the beer has already been chosen, a professional graphic designer is working with four student members of the Permanent Pub Task Force to decide on a logo. “While I am not yet able to reveal the formula or name of the beer, what I can tell you is that it is most delicious,” Corker said. The Task Force has also held two “pub grub tasting” events featuring fried finger food to solicit student input on the future...
Sarah J. Friedell, director of media relations for the Alumni Affairs and Development Office, declined to reveal whether or not these controversies from the past came up in the negotiations over Alaweed’s gift...