Word: tales
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...back-country spread in Texas, got her schooling in Louisiana convents, went on to work for newspapers in New Orleans and New York. She was 29 before she published her first story and 36 before her first book of stories (Flowering Judas) came out. One of the tales, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, is a ten-page masterpiece. Its setting is the Texas farm, the great good place in which all her best writing is rooted; and the Granny of the title is the author's first representation of her own grandmother, a character that develops from tale...
Once more, the prosecution led FBI Informant Gary Rowe through his tale of unprovoked violence. Once more, the defense hammered away at alleged inconsistencies in the testimony of prosecution witnesses. Shying away from the blatant racism of the late Matt Murphy, who defended Wilkins at the last trial, Attorney Arthur Hanes told the jury it had to choose between the "Judas goat," Gary Rowe, and the "scapegoat," Collie Wilkins. If you do not vote for conviction, countered Attorney General Flowers, "the blood of this man's sin will stain your county for eternity...
Though the details vary with the teller, the tale is not new. The prince himself has recounted his grisly story in two books, in one of which (Lost Splendor) he clearly suggests that Rasputin went to the palace because "he had long wished to meet my wife," who was actually in the Crimea at the time. But the book does not specifically spell out a "sexual atmosphere" in the conspiracy, and under New York privacy law, public media become liable for damages whenever they fictionalize historic facts about living persons without their written consent. The burden, though...
DARLING. Julie Christie's stunning presence enhances this ironic tale of a jet-set playgirl who finds that the road to ruin leads straight...
...clamping her with his shoulders and his knees, using his head like a bull. She screamed. He pulled back, astounded. His eyes were blinded flares like a racer's lights in the night. He hit her in the face. She fell apart." In the catastrophic conclusion of the tale, the world of sense and structure falls apart and leaves the scene to darkness and to Polifemo...