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...fans also turn playing in Lynah into a surreal experience, and are famous for throwing fish onto...
...others around the country in his response to the unspeakable Sept. 11 attacks, it is President George W. Bush whose image should have been on your cover. The Pentagon, just outside the nation's capital, was attacked moments after the World Trade Center buildings were hit. Watching the surreal horror on TV in those darkest of days, we Americans felt as though our whole country were under attack. In the wake of the tragedy and in the midst of the chaos, President Bush, strong and dedicated, has become a powerful light and guide for the people of the U.S., including...
...Thomas falls. The weight of his triple-life becomes unbearable, and rather than facing the situation, he drops everything and travels the world for a year, with hilarious results. But eventually, his vacation ends; Schlink’s conclusion to “Sugar Peas” is appropriately surreal and viciously funny. Here Schlink adds a layer of sarcasm and thick irony that is missing from the other stories. The result is sublimely wicked; Schlink takes a very subtle, yet decisive revenge on Thomas, creating a more biting and much less thematically obvious tale than some of the other...
Food and all the human rituals and passions associated with its consumption make for compelling and surreal tales that are about much more than what’s for dinner. In a series of vignettes, Crace tells of a mixture that, when consumed, makes one laugh without cause; a condemned man’s last meal as described by a narrator watching the prison guard collect the food requested, which includes drug-laced baked goods; a spontaneous game of “strip fondue” with friends from the office; a mother testing whether she can taste pasta...
...beating at the hands of the Taliban. As it consolidated power, its orders became increasingly bizarre and sadistic, based on its extreme interpretations of Koranic instructions. One of these demanded punishment for women who allowed their shoes to make noise when they walked down the street. But this surreal pettiness masked real misery. The ban on work for most women had a disastrous effect on schooling for both sexes, since as many as 70% of all Afghan teachers were women. Excluding them from the classroom meant that boys had few teachers to instruct them...