Word: tales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...novel begins and ends with an bit of literary taxidermy. The loose structure is contained within the story of Braithwaite's search for the stuffed parrot which served as the model for Loulou, the parrot of this housekeeper Felicite in Flaubert's tale "Us Center Simple" ("A. Simple Heart"). More than the trivial by-product of Braithwaite's loopy obsession, the quest for the real parrot becomes a tongue-in-beak metaphor for the essence of Flaubert...
...Barry joined the staff in 1967--disappeared in quick order. Diana had many problems adjusting, most of which were reported in the International Press. She fought incessantly with her husband, but Barry does his best to dance around these scenes. "Everyone at the Palace was worried that the fairy tale romance was going to collapse," he admits, but ultimately he tells little of specific quarrels-the type of gossip that Royal watches crave...
...story of two helpless lovers caught in the crossfire of the Trojan war, Troilus and Cressida is neither one of Shakespeare's most popular pays nor one of his best written. Skipping over the Judgement of Paris and the tale of the wooden horse--two eminently more interesting anecdotes from the Trojan War--Shakespeare begins his story seven years into the conflict when armed engagement has reached a standstill. Both armies entrench while their respective leaders reconsider their strategies. Ulysses (Adam Smith Albion), a sort of Greek Henry Kissinger, formulates a plan which will serve the dual purpose of reanimating...
...time Things Invisible to See reaches this climatic contest, this scenario is absolutely believable. Nancy Willard has taken her numerous talents--as a poet, an award-winning children's and short-story author, and a baseball fan--and woven a tale so compelling that nothing could be more natural than a game played because one Ben Harkissian has made a bet with Death...
...convey a sense of why they were so great. Why does Iron Man McGinnity remember his first home run? Is there anything Lou Gehrig won't do for his mother? What is it about baseball that calls men back from the dead? The average reader, caught up in a tale of love, war, and the supernatural, won't ask those questions, but it's a shame Willard, definitely an above-average writer, does not answer them...