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...Take the first section, which comprises 13 brief stories written while Hwang was a student in Tokyo, and first published as a single book, Hwang Sun Won Tanpyonjip (literally, "Hwang Sun Won Story Collection"), in Korea in 1940. In it there are upheavals of every kind: spiritual, geological, corporeal, romantic, ethical, political. An earthquake rocks the Japanese capital, while beggars shiver in the cold. Anticipatory lovers throb with desire in the shadowed alleyways of "Trumpet Shells." In "The Offering," a young boy who kills an old red rooster for no good reason is wracked by guilt and fevers. In "Scarecrow...
...backwater math tutor at the center of Hwang Sun Won's Lolita-like tale "The Pond," heaves a deep shudder upon realizing that an ample-bosomed pupil has played him for a fool, using her coquetry to make him unwittingly party to her elopement with a much hipper philosophy student in Seoul. It's a pathetic moment, both embarrassing and revolting to witness, but not hard to imagine. It's also just the first of many convulsions that course through Lost Souls, a compilation of three early collections of stories Hwang - a highly influential Korean writer, who died...
...hero is a graduate student in art history named Verlaine, who's doing research on behalf of a mysterious client. Said research takes him to a convent in upstate New York, where he meets Evangeline, a bookish young nun whose chaste habit conceals a passionate heart. Verlaine and Evangeline feel an unspoken connection. She's got the secret coded documents he's looking for. If you know what I mean. And I think...
...overwhelming majority of the more than 40,000 public-school teachers in a wide-ranging survey reported that too many students leave high school ill-equipped. The Gates Foundation--funded study suggests that clear standards, student performance evaluations and teacher assessments are among the keys to improvement. Only 45% of teachers said that higher salaries--often touted as a panacea--are "absolutely essential" to retaining good instructors. Some 68%, however, cited quality leadership...
Though we take issue with the seemingly hyper-secure voting software changes to come, we commend the non-election proposals passed at the UC meeting for responding well to student demands. The establishment of the Crimson Forum is a good example of an idea that will benefit all of Harvard. Intended to be be an online discussion thread that is designed to incorporate all undergraduates into a single virtual community, it will allow students to share their thoughts on school-related issues. The UC has a specific niche to fill on campus—improving student life?...