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That book's modernist style was not everyone's cup of Darjeeling. Like Ulysses or the Upanishad, Satanic Verses remains more read about than read. The new wavelet of young writers with ties to the subcontinent should be more welcoming to an American public, which includes an increasing number of residents from that region. "There's a very highly educated second generation of readers within that community," notes Pankaj Mishra, 31, who lives in Mashobra and is the author of The Romantics (Random House; 260 pages...
...there has been a smallish wave from Britain of what could be termed alternative soul, or neo-soul--music by performers who take the traditional songwriting structures and approaches associated with soul and R. and B. and tweak them with twisting rhythms, eccentric melodies and skewed lyrics. That English wavelet includes the solo performers Seal, Des'ree and Tricky and the group Portishead...
DANCE ABILITY MANY believe, is the only virtue of British synth-band Depeche Mode. An auspicious pioneer in the synth-pop wavelet of Human League, ex-Human Leaguers Heaven 17, and Soft Cell, "The Mode" looked passe after synthesizer genius Vince Clarke departed for Yaz. The remaining foursome haven't quite thrived, but they haven't died either; and their latest release. Some Great Reward compares well to the brilliant post-Clarke collection. A Broken Frame...
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...kinds of diplomatic ripples have been set in motion by Richard Nixon's Peking visit. One such wavelet has brought North Viet Nam closer to Japan. First, two Japanese foreign ministry officials were invited to Hanoi for "exploratory talks" on improving relations; currently, a 14-member North Vietnamese trade delegation is making a month-long inspection of Japanese industry. The climax of the tour is expected to be an agreement to increase trade between the two nations, now a paltry $14 million a year...