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...this harrowing first novel by Iweala, a 23-year-old recent Harvard grad, a young boy is swept into a pitiless world. In an unnamed West African nation, the boy, called Agu, is seized by a band of rebel soldiers and initiated into their way of life. Soon enough he learns to loot, burn and butcher other humans like a man, all the while struggling not to become a heartbroken monster. He tells his story of unspeakable terror in a halting, not quite comprehending voice that will stay with you for a long time...
...scrawled drawing of a bloody figure... The evidence seems disconcertingly simple. Someone is threatening Georges (the excellent Daniel Auteuil) and his nice family. To which Haneke says, Look closer. The Austrian director, now working in France, ranks as Europe?s most provocative film prankster. And his new work, which swept the European Film Awards (Best Picture, Actor, Director and Editing) this month, is both an exercise in motal suspense and an essay on the complicity between those who create disturbing images (moviemakers) and those who take pleasure from looking at them (us). Georges is not as blameless as he seems...
...amount of government redress will bring back Lin Yudui, the public disciplining of a top police commander-unheard-of in previous confrontations between police and protestors-suggests that China?s authorities have realized that in an era of high-speed communication, killings in a remote village can?t be swept under the rug. Still, the state-run media has published only official accounts of the tragedy, and multiple roadblocks near Dongzhou ensure that journalists don?t investigate too closely. China?s future may depend on which aspect of the Dongzhou tragedy dominates its political system: Brute force by local police...
...massive transportation shutdown. The country's students barricaded themselves in their universities. Farmers defiantly parked their tractors across the nation's highways. Protesters surged through Paris streets by the thousands each night, battling police and riot troopers. With startling suddenness, the serenity of Gaullist France had been swept away in what the French are already calling 'the Days...
...biggest shocker came against an ECAC frontrunner. Just last weekend, Clarkson proved that it may be just as good as No. 2 St. Lawrence by splitting a series with the Saints.On Friday and Saturday, however, Niagara—which had been 4-9-1 before this series—swept the Golden Knights in two games. The Purple Eagles edged No. 8 Clarkson by margins of 4-1 and 1-0, while goalie Alison Rutledge stopped 76 of 77 shots during the two games.For ranking purposes, the Crimson may stay at No. 9 since its competitor?...