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...last half of the 20th century brought a remarkable shift in the center of gravity of English writing. So much of the new, best stuff was coming from what once had been the periphery of Empire: from Africa, India, the Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia. Naipaul's work was a major part of this process, as was that of an earlier Nobelist, the Australian Patrick White. Naipaul wrote with piercing insight and even tenderness about ignored areas of experience (lower-middle-class Trinidadian life, for instance, in A House for Mr. Biswas, 1961). What was more, when he decided to leave...
...speak of things "not specific to target" may have been necessary, but it is the stuff of panic nonetheless. A dozen, two dozen more terrorist attacks would not injure the country as much as that...
While they look for their next project, they are also examining their partnership. It has worked so far, with Allen handling the actors and Albert working the camera. Yet they have started to grow apart. "He likes doing stuff that gets seen," says Albert, implying that his sibling has gone Hollywood. Allen counters that Albert "is still more into violence than I am. I could do an ironic movie or a love story and be just as happy." With From Hell, at least, they seem to be having it both ways...
...especially hard. How can I...Oh, boy. I first saw her as a young social worker. I had a job--it wasn't WPA, but it was governmental, part-time stuff at an agency. I spot this girl in a blue smock. I notice that people are always coming to her. I don't mean just clients; I mean colleagues as well. We got married, and she was involved in everything. People--men and women--all seemed to gravitate to her. When she entered a room, it was like she danced the room...
...both surprised and delighted. There's a phrase a surprising number of people use: "I am not religious; I'm spiritual." So you think it's New Age stuff. But it isn't. What that person is saying is, "I don't want to be connected with any institution, such as a church or a synagogue or a mosque. But I do believe; I do have faith." This book has more religion in it than all my other books put together. For those who actually believe that there is a hereafter, there's a solace, there's consolation...