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Don't bet on it. As the novel and Jian roll closer to June 4, it becomes clear, almost too clear, that the pent-up anguish of Yang, his student and all of seething China will break open in Beijing, "the sick heart of this country." Jin's description of...
We should all thank Newdow for giving us a reason to hope that one day, in the not-too-distant future, we will return to the America of September 10, 2001. To return to those days when we had nothing better to do than bicker over really critical issues like...
I was utterly delighted to learn that New York City's Rudolph Giuliani is TIME's Person of the Year [Dec. 31-Jan. 7]. New Yorkers are the most resilient, compassionate and extraordinary people anywhere. In times of hardship and tragedy, we come together, and the mayor has led the...
Earlier Vargas Llosa novels such as The City and the Dogs (survival of the fittest at a Peruvian boys' school, published in 1963) and Conversation in the Cathedral (entrenched corruption in Lima, 1969) foreshadow the harsh realism of this latest book. There are two main story lines. One is the...
“Blues for New York City,” by Will LeBow, which was described as, “with thanks and apologies to B.B. King,” traveled the path of sadness and recovery. Sorrowful yet magestic, the piece celebrated the memory of the city before...