Word: surrealness
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There is something distinctly surreal about Daylight Saving Time in the spring. In some ways, this bizarre ritual represents the pinnacle of human arrogance; the ultimate proof of our foolish belief that we can, in fact, manipulate the world around us to suit our purposes...
...even freakier, was also Jewish. His self-description made us seem as one: "It often seems like he's playing for friends in his living room, letting them into his personal visions, sharing jokes and inviting them into his dreams." He boasts of having "Dylan's characterizations, Bowie's surreal sexiness, Woody Guthrie's social criticisms, Paul Simon's intelligent humor and James Brown's down-and-dirty funk." Bowie's surreal sexiness? This was getting eerie...
...climate which fosters corporal punishment, the administration of canings is just another part of the school day. Relationships mix violence and politeness in a surreal manner. "Everyone was friends with the headmaster," Cornish said. "He'd cane you, you'd leave his office and he would see you an hour later. My brother used to get a lot of jacks. At times, the headmaster would offer him some tea first. He'd say, 'Well, I hate to do this,' [and then cane...
...monologue about what she imagines her "happy life" will be like, punctuated by Pamela's chirpy "Well, you're certainly the strangest girl I've ever met!" While these sudden shifts in tone have the potential to break down the cohesiveness of the play, the result is an effectively surreal experience that emphasizes the differences between the cultural backgrounds and situations of the characters...
Cora Dulz is a psychiatrist who needs her head examined. She is sexually frustrated and has just lost two patients to suicide. What's more, she's infatuated with a new patient, Stanislaus Nagy, a disturbing young man who's fixated on Maria Callas. As this engagingly surreal short novel unfolds, the cagey Nagy claims to be the Devil, who apparently once inhabited Callas' poodle. Dulz's infatuation is propelled into obsession, and this can only lead to a bizarre denouement, in which, of course, there's hell...