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Amran Lubbad lay sleepless in Gaza early in the morning of Jan. 23. Lubbad, a darkly handsome Palestinian, was going to be united with Hiba, his fiancé in Egypt. He had treated himself to a sharp new haircut. The pair have been engaged for two years, but Israel and Egypt sealed off the border with Gaza in early 2006, and Hiba was trapped on the other side. At last, Lubbad had scraped together $1,500 to smuggle her through a sandy tunnel under the border fence...
...Colonel Sanders of KFC fame - 2002's Kafka on the Shore was Murakami's most overtly Japanese novel yet, delving into the florid mysteries of Shinto. He continues his homeward orientation in After Dark, a slip of a novella that explores a single night in and around Tokyo's sleepless Shinjuku district...
...crime of passion, embody another of Swift's techniques: the action takes place in a single day, Ulysses-style. Tomorrow is a tool kit of such Swiftian tricks. Important facts are dripped sparingly, the narration is first person, and this time the action encompasses a single night. Lying sleepless next to her oblivious mate, Paula addresses an anxious monologue to her sleeping twins. "I'm the only one awake in this house on the night before the day that will change all our lives," she intones ominously. Tomorrow, she and Mike will confront the kids with wrenching news. Before disclosing...
...After a disappointing turn in 2004’s “Against the Ropes,” it looked like Ryan’s legacy was destined to be entrenched in romantic comedy classics like “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle.” However, with “In the Land of Women,” Ryan truly does redefine herself, but not in a good way.From the moment she appears on screen, the most captivating aspect of Ryan’s performance is her awkwardly plump lips...
...nine Sudokus connected to each other,” creating a super-sized Sudoku with 729 number blanks. Sound intense? It is. “You can certainly go to bed with the numbers one through nine haunting you,” he says. But the sleepless nights come with perks. In addition to badass Google-logo jackets that come with being a member of the U.S. Sudoku Team (yes, there is one), Snyder found some birds of his feather. “We’re sort of those aficionados that can pick out these little subtle flavors...