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Your book literally starts off with the words "Once upon a time." I've read that you have a large collection of fairy tales and there are fairy-tale elements in many of your movies. Why does that type of story appeal to you? The novel is actually a very young concern in the narrative history of mankind. Fable and fairy tales are much older forms of narrative. Fables and fairy tales have a very primal, raw power. Realism has become an overwhelming force in human narrative. The fable should have as important a place...
...Wife's Tale...
...Harvard’s late-season turnaround. Following the Beanpot tournament, where the Crimson nearly defeated Boston College and Boston University—ranked 15th and first, respectively, at the time—the team went 4-0-2 until it fell in the ECAC tournament. The almost fairy-tale-like turnaround mirrored Rogers’ rise this season as he struggled to find the net until second semester rolled around. With the arrival of spring, the junior scored all eight of his goals and added five assists.“I think in January we started playing smarter...
...number of chances, and it didn’t seem like anything was going our way.”But simply to get to that point was an accomplishment in itself for Harvard.Though the Crimson lost only one contributor from 2008’s fairy-tale team—Olympian Caitlin Cahow ’07-’08—things didn’t immediately click for Harvard.Tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt and Kessler took time off to play for their Canadian national teams, while tri-captain Jenny Brine and junior Cori Bassett each missed several games...
...Bronx Tale...