Word: wretchedness
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...novel. The children are, if not an additional curse, no compensation. There are no light scenes in which to draw breath and recover from the blows that Cusk delivers. Even the passages describing the town are clouded by a grey fog and rain that reminds readers of the wretchedness of home and suburbia. “Arlington Park” is a book without hope. Not only do Cusk’s characters suffer, but they make no efforts to change or improve their situations. Cusk offers harsh discouragement to every member of her audience: children, you are nasty little...
Credit must go to the House Committees, student groups, and students themselves who made the most of a bad situation. Without their efforts, the day would have been truly wretched. Instead, it was merely a disappointing substitute for what has traditionally been one of the most exciting events of the...
Authentic and charming in her own language, Cruz became self-conscious and mousy in English. In 2005's Sahara, she played a doctor searching for a lost Civil War ship in, yes, the Sahara. (And you thought the pregnant nun was far-fetched.) Sahara was yet another wretched film that...
A lot of people have been coming up to us on the street with their responses to our column, which is amazing, since we’ve only been writing in Spare Change News for two weeks. Who knew that the homeless had such a thirst for dating advice? We?...
This reeks of Christian masochism at its worst. “I am an alcoholic” is the equivalent of “I am a sinner”—essentially portraying alcoholics as wretched, helpless, fallen creatures in need of the redeeming grace and guidance of...