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Murray Perahia, the reigning poet of classical piano, first made a name for himself in the '70s with his chaste, sensitive interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Chopin. But Perahia didn't bond with the Baroque genius of Johann Sebastian Bach until an injury to his right thumb forced him off the concert stage for five nerve-racking years. "I needed it spiritually," he explains...
...This is especially evident in his adept handling of a rape that transpires between Altenburg waitress Connie Schubert and nomadic American real estate salesman, Harry Nelson. The reader is left partially eroticized, partially violated, yet wholly satisfied after a mere six pages...
...Schubert Theater...
...backpacking-across-Europe reputation Let's Go has acquired, and the series' cheap listed accommodations tend to scare off upper-crust travelers--the "well-heeled" in Schubert's words. That's not likely to change, either. The costs of updating the guides every year keeps daily stipends for r-dubs as low as $30 and never above $100. In countries such as Mexico, where American dollars go a long way, sometimes even this relatively small amount isn't completely spent (partly due also to the researchers' profit motive to keep what's left over). The combination of stinginess...
...destinations for American tourists. "We are the clear leader in Africa, New Zealand and South Pacific destinations," he declares. "We still pretty much rule in Southeast Asia," Kettunen says. In the travel book biz, Let's Go's push to expand its coverage has been duly noted, but Schubert says Let's Go's Asia and Middle East editions clearly lag behind the series' more established guidebooks...