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...attempts to take the reader to a fantasy world along with the characters, and at times his haunting style does create an ocean-like rhythm. But when the inn elevates from the ground and disappears on the final page, the reader is left unsatisfied and even unsure of what thebook was all about in the first place...
Hawkes said HSA is considering distributing thebook nationally in the future...
Although he says the main reason he threw hishat into the race was to spread the word abouttimesizing, Hyde readily admits that "peoplesometimes accuse me of running just to sell thebook...
...Calvino preface is so nuanced that it toorequires an introduction, and Martin McLaughlin,who is responsible for the new translation, ablyprovides it. Calvino substantially re-edited thebook in 1954, toning down the Communism, misogynyand violence of his characters. (It is a littlemisleading to speak of the Communism, misogyny andviolence in this book because the tone of thestory is so far removed from the world of thoseadult concerns. Although Pin frequently describeswomen as "disgusting," this is, more than anythingelse, an eight-year old who thinks all girls havecooties.) Calvino declines to mention this re-editin his lengthy introduction, although McLaughlintoo generously...
This fall, Clarke provoked controversy with aletter in which she quoted academics who linkedmelanin to "greater mental, physical and spiritualabilities." She also organized a rally against thebook The Bell Curve and provoked a peacefulprotest from Hillel for inviting Wellesleyprofessor Tony Martin to campus...