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Critics, in a sniveling attempt to place Donoso in a genre, have often compared him to Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquees. Their similarities--in subject matter and setting, for example--stem only from the aspects of Spanish colonial heritage common to Chile and Colombia The mixing of several cultures gives these writer a wider range of plausible stories, as well as a greater sense of freedom to experiment with the unlikely. But unlike Marquez, Donoso derives much of his energy from the extreme self-consciousness of his art Each time Donoso turns from one event to another, he explains that...
...pacing slows, we begin to hear strangely familiar lines about letting children grow up and do their own thing, accepting those you love for what they are. While on first impression these lines seem trite and overused in themselves, our reactions most likely stem from the cynicism and self centered values Innaurato is attacking. Perhaps this is the true serious social message of passions. While watching the lives of the characters unfold, fueled part by humor, part by drama, we see a certain realism beneath the cliche, cardboard characters. We can feel some of Aggy's pain, brought to life...
...Souvanna Phouma, 82, courtly former Prime Minister of Laos, whose neutralist regime was toppled by the Communist Pathet Lao in 1975; in Vientiane. Nephew of the last Laotian King under French colonial rule. Prince Souvanna became the independent nation's Prime Minister in 1956; he later failed to stem the Pathet Lao, led by his half brother Prince Souphanouvong...
Sony's troubles stem from a disastrous slump in sales of its Betamax videotape recorder, which in 1983 accounted for 41% of the company's sales. Last week Zenith announced that it would no longer sell Sony's machine under its brand name. Zenith thus joins companies such as Toshiba and NEC that have abandoned Sony's videotape system in favor of the VHS method developed by archrival Matsushita (1982 sales: $15.7 billion), which sells products in the U.S. under the National, Quasar and Panasonic brand names. Says one industry watcher in Tokyo: "Zenith...
Although wood in many areas has the virtue of being cheap, home-grown and renewable, its use as fuel exacts a terrible toll. In such cities as Denver, Portland, Ore., and Missoula, more than half the minute solids in the winter air, so-called particulates, may stem from wood burning. Geography compounds the problem when there are atmospheric inversions; in mountain-rimmed Missoula last week, low-lying cold air was trapped under a smothering blanket of warmer air, preventing the escape of particulates...