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Despite boasting perennial nobel candidate and literary giant Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's best-known cultural stars tend to spring from the small screen. So when a 27-year-old with a keen eye and quick wit penned a devastating examination of some of the country's most taboo subjects, it wasn't just the critics who were amazed. The only thing rarer than a female author in Indonesia is a best-selling one, a distinction Ayu Utami earned after the 1998 release of her first novel, Saman. The book, which has sold more than 100,000 copies and been...
...volume Rousseau biography to be written in English. In an interview with The Crimson, Damrosch characterizes the only other in-print Rousseau biography, three volumes by the deceased Maurice Cranston, as “thorough but pedestrian.” As students of his English 185: “Wit and Humor” are well aware, “pedestrian” is not Damrosch’s style. His narrative is an exhilarating carriage ride through the ancien regime, and it remains lively through 500 pages of well-turned prose. And a readable biography was Damrosch?...
...creative atmosphere, the Googleplex features a few “essential elements”—namely lava lamps and rubber balls—as well as functional facilities, like gyms and child care centers. From the inside out, Google distinguishes itself as a company with gusto, wit, and a heart.But even a company with a “don’t be evil” mentality can’t avoid legal brouhahas, and Vise details quite a few of the most scandalous encounters. One such story follows Google’s run-in with the British...
Depending on your sense of humor, realizing you’re doing something socially inappropriate can be hilarious. In fact, comedians get paid to make these realizations, and, for their wit, we raise them up as cultural icons. But what happens when no one laughs—when either the context of the situation or the level of appropriateness falls outside of the realm of the humorous and into that of the offensive? What happens when a bunch of preppy, white college students dress up like thugs to go see a movie about a modern gangster-rapper? That question probably...
...girl who gets a catch because of the liveliness of her mind. I went to this hotel bar, and in the darkened corner sat Keira. She was a right scruffy little thing and a proper tomboy. Keira says exactly what she thinks and she has an incredible lively quick wit. She’s very bright and she has a grand independence of spirit. THC: What pressures, either personally or externally, did you face in adapting a greatly beloved novel, especially after there’s been a great adaptation by the BBC? JW: I was quite lucky in that...