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...teamwork over the bloated payrolls that have been the hallmark of World Series teams in recent years. Even if game seven had gone the other way—if Barry Bonds (the preeminent hitter of his time, whatever one thinks of his personal deportment) had finally won a ring??this World Series would have had a feel-good finish. And of course, any year in which the Yankees do not continue their World Series reign of terror is a good year in Boston...
Marcel Möring??s The Dream Room is a novella about the experience of David, one such twelve-year-old. In just over 100 pages, Möring manages to effortlessly evoke a portrait of the inner life of an entire family as seen through his eyes...
...ring??s prose style is understated; the reader continually discovers the almost imperceptible threads that tie the characters to their own histories and to each other. As David recalls his father’s past, it becomes clear that this past is intimately connected to David’s own present and future...
...novella is divided into four chapters, with the last taking place years later when David is a grown man in a romantic relationship of his own. The real acheivement of Möring??s writing is realized in this final chapter. In a few short pages, Möring describes with every nuance how experiences and recollections in the narrative of twelve-year-old David add up to make adult David, showing how relationships, to self and others, evolve...
...years planners in Boston have talked about creating an “urban ring??—a subway line that would circle the city and connect several T lines that currently spread from the city center. The area’s need for this new line, Krieger said, coincides with Harvard’s need for new connections...