ParadiseKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 24 lip 2007 - 320 The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present—in prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem. |
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... thing - and has therefore become familiar , commercialized , even trivial . Historically , the images of paradise in poetry and prose were intended to be grand but accessible , beyond the routine but imaginatively graspable , seductive ...
... things nailed or taped to the walls or propped in a corner . A 1968 calendar , large X's marking various dates ( April 4 , July 19 ) ; a letter written in blood so smeary its satanic message cannot be deciphered ; an astrology chart ; a ...
... things : revolting sex , deceit and the sly torture of children ? Out here in wide - open space tucked away in a mansion - no one to bother or insult them -- they managed to call into question the value of almost every woman he knew ...
... things stands nearby . There is no toilet paper . Only one mirror has not been covered with chalky paint and that one the man ignores . He does not want to see himself stalking females or their liquid . With relief he backs out and ...
... things and things got up on the spot : guitars and late melon , hazelnuts , rhubarb pies and a mouth organ , a washboard , roast lamb , pepper rice , Lil Green , " In the Dark , " Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ; homemade beer and ...