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From this surreal material, delivered in prose reminiscent of the best of Clarence Major's fiction, Cliff confronts the Americanization of not only the Caribbean but the world, finding poetry in every image and line. "A salesman is free, he tells himself...People look forward to his arrival, and not just for the goods he carries. He is part troubadour...
...banal yet bizarre near-future world, in which voodoo dinosaur zombies can run amuck in a 24-hour convenience store, or the clerical error of some guy in shipping can cause you to wind up wearing the right arm of a lycanthropic astronaut. Schrab calls this aesthetic "surreal"--indeed, one of the book's slogans is "Surreality just got funky!"--but that doesn't seem quite the right way to describe it. The key to understanding the "logic" of Schrab's universe is to realize that it's not the same sort of causality that we expect from works...
They are photo negatives in a surreal, M.C. Escher kind of way. Harvard is 8-1, boasting a stellar 6-0 Ivy mark. Lowly Yale is 1-8, languishing in the Ivy cellar with an 0-6 league record...
They are photo negatives in a surreal, M.C. Escher kind of way. Harvard is 8-1, boasting a stellar 6-0 Ivy mark. Lowly Yale is 1-8, languishing in the Ivy cellar with an 0-6 league record...
With the grape situation thus veering toward the surreal, and as the debate is stained by allegations of deceit, you may be tempted to give in to a craving for the juicy, sweet, smooth-skinned fruit we know and love and end our involvement in the boycott here and now. But at least take a close look at the facts before casting your vote...