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...highlight of the evening, however, is “Terminating, or Lass Meine Schmerzen Nicht Verloren Sein, or Ambivalence.” Set in a psychiatrist’s office, it focuses on the conversation between a shrink, Laura (Kiran Deol), and her needy, gay patient, Hendryk (Clint Froelich). Hendryk is a marvelously crafted character, at once thoughtful and highly amusing. He lapses into different states throughout the fairly long scene and muses on existence and the inherent ambivalence of man. While Hendryk is ranting, Laura is concerned with her own pain and pleads with her lifelong partner...

Author: By Julie S. Greenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Fire' Flickers but Fails to Ignite | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

...translator, of course, especially if his author knows both languages involved (as does Grass), can win every time. In German, the last line of Local Anaesthetic is "immer neue Schmerzen," or always new pains. Manheim translated it as "There will always be pain." For his taste, Gunter Grass finds that far too full of resignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trials of a Translator | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

Wagner: Three Deathless Songs (Helen Traubel, soprano, with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski; Victor; 4 sides). The title is Victor's, the songs Träume (Dreams), Im Treibhaus (In the Greenhouse), Schmerzen (Afflictions) - the first two studies for Tristan und Isolde. Traubel sings opulently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: January Records | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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