Word: talese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Deep in the stillness of the forest a stand had been built about halfway up a tree, with a crude bench and an aperture for shooting. All was still. Only Brezhnev's voice could be heard, whispering hunting tales: of his courage when a boar once attacked his jeep...
Best to divert them with tales of double-800s who are happily attending state schools and absurd geographical diversity cases that make it into Harvard. They don't believe you, but it seems to make them feel better until the topic changes to sex, by which time only the special...
Getting a post on Alex's staff requires no references. The manager asks you to fill out a napkin with name and telephone number, and before you can say "extra seasoning," you've got your multi-head T-shirts and grease-stained apron. Training begins immediately, with stern warnings about...
HIS LANDSCAPES can be described as simultaneously romantic and realistic. His representation of foliage is so scientifically accurate that a botanist can distinguish different types of trees in his pictures. It is easy to imagine on a rock or log and painting every lead, stone, or cloud from observation. But...
Alvarez, however, seems less interested in cause than consequence. About half the book is taken up by narratives of "Divorces I Have Known." They are short stories told to him by friends, colleagues and garrulous strangers, tales of grieving women and domineering men, icy wives and bewildered husbands, doomed love...