Word: stoicism
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...hope and dignity be maintained in the face of daily atrocity? And atrocity that comes not with the sudden violence of a Holocaust but in a steady, relentless drip-drip-drip of degradation and disappointment. What is the price of forbearance in the challenging of injustice, and when does stoicism turn into fatalism? Cities like Bombay are routinely given tags like "City of Hope" or "City of Dreadful Night"; Mistry digs beneath the comfort of such abstractions to a level of complexity where murderers command our sympathy and philanthropists live off beggars. The fine balance that gives the title...
...Reunion by Barbara J. Scot (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 230 pages; $21) is a bittersweet homecoming story tracing the author's return in middle age to the puritannical farming community where she grew up. In Scotch Grove, Iowa, she tries to piece together the puzzle of her mother's loving stoicism in the face of her father's humiliating desertion and subsequent suicide. Structured as a patchwork of conversations, childhood recollections and lyrical encounters with the land, Scot's quietly earnest quest yields her valuable understanding of her mother's reticence and a deeper appreciation of the mysteries of family connections...
...incredibly sincere; he makes his troubles immediate. As the play's narrator, Rouse's performance is enthusiastic and solicitous of the audience's sympathy--it gives the show a "Masterpiece Theatre" quality. As a doctor who can scarcely help his patients, Stone's Harmon resigns himself to a glassy stoicism which gives him a stagnant quality...
...foreign press, much was made of the refugees' good behavior. There were no reports of looting, and many shared what little food they had, maintaining civility under trying circumstances. But their stoicism did not preclude a deep discontent...
Yoshio Miyoshi, 34, currently housed at the East Suma elementary school, has had enough of stoicism. ``We're partly to blame because many of us have not prepared for earthquakes,'' he says, shaking his head. ``But everyone here is surprised that we've had so little help. Many had to watch our homes burn down with not a fireman in sight. Then we have to go without food or water because the authorities are so disorganized...