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...quirky romance-laced joke? The Puget News blog noted that 'Googe' might be a subtle reference to the 16th century romantic poet Barnabe Googe, famous for the line, "I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die." Or maybe it was a secret shout out to Debbie Googe, bassist from a group called My Bloody Valentine...
...reputation. In aiming to prove James’ relevance to contemporary Western intellectual culture, Richardson frequently shows the tell-tale symptoms of what we might call “Reckless Allusion Syndrome” (RAS), in which all eras and aspects of knowledge become fair game for a textual shout-out, regardless of any deep affiliation to the subject. Hints that an author may be suffering from RAS include abrupt transitions to fictional works that James could not plausibly have read; one page in the prologue offers up tidy gems from Sartre and the “great Hasidic masters...
...misery that I was tempted to let go my tenuous grip on the lifeline of survival. At those times, I had to depend on conflict with the guards to stimulate my fighting spirit. ''How long do I have to wait for the government to investigate my case?'' I would shout at one of them. ''It's illegal to lock up an innocent person in prison. It's against Chairman Mao's teachings.'' ''Hush! Don't shout! The government will deal with your case in due course. You are not the only one.'' ''I'm innocent!'' I yelled. ''I've never...
...When he did and stood there in a posture of subservience in his tall paper hat, the snickers became uncontrolled laughter. Someone in a corner of the room stood up. Holding up the Little Red Book of Mao Tse-tung's quotations, he led the assembly in shouting slogans: ''Down with Tao Feng!'' ''Down with the running dog of the imperialists!'' ''Long live our great leader Chairman Mao!'' I was shocked to see Tao Feng raise his fist and shout with gusto the same slogans, including those against himself. ''Tao Feng will now make his self-criticism,'' the man leading...
...January 1971 I was summoned to the interrogation room once again. The call was so unexpected that my heart was pounding with excitement as I followed the guard. At the door of the interrogation room, the guard suddenly gave me a hard shove. Five more guards crowded around me, shouting abuse at me. ''You are the running dog of the imperialists,'' said one. ''You are a dirty exploiter of workers and peasants,'' shouted another. ''You are a counterrevolutionary,'' yelled a third. To show their impatience, they pushed me from one guard to another like a ball in a game...