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Many critics have written more eloquently than I ever could about what makes this novel great. It shows in exquisite and often painful detail how our adult personalities are shaped by our own choices (which may not be as free as we think they are) and by powerful forces beyond our control. Maugham has a remarkable ability to evoke a vivid, realistic world with seemingly simple prose. Warning: not a happy fun book...
...look in control. We have a lot of negatives in our society attached to people who are overweight - sloppy, lazy, undisciplined. You don't want anything negative to affect people's opinions about you, because this is a really tough time that we're living in. Every little detail counts. (See 10 cool ways to get in shape...
...Mukherjee summons place and character brilliantly and unflinchingly in pages redolent with detail. His metaphysical vision, of course, is just as acute. The book ends in Europe, not with Ritwik but with Gilby, who will ultimately outlast him. But even as she contemplates the future, seeking to leave behind the wreckage of recent events, she looks into the distance and sees "snow-scarred mountains" - a vision of turbulence and beauty, framed by the glass through which she views it. In bearing the marks of a tumultuous past, the human soul is a mirror, it would seem, of nature itself...
...distinctive needs," Zhou says. That's why in Septwolves shops jackets are just as likely to have a Mandarin collar as a notched lapel. Color palettes are geared to domestic tastes and all garments, even those intended for casual wear, have a certain dressiness, fit and attention to detail that Chinese men prefer - you'll see no skater shorts, scruffy denim or torn tees hanging on a Septwolves rack. "We've learned to adopt certain fashion elements that are more culturally agreeable to the Chinese consumer," says Zhou. The strategy has worked extremely well for the chain, which...
...stories about Gaza, but Sacco's illustrations, backed by his methodical research, bring the Gaza of 1956 bleakly to life, using the past to explain the present in a way that rarely makes it into today's news stories. He inks his characters and scenes with the same meticulous detail that he invests in his reporting. (See pictures of life under Hamas in Gaza...