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...army marches on its stomach, then the key item in the kit bags of the Roman legions that conquered southern Europe about 2,000 years ago was dried bluefin tuna. But having survived the demands of the Roman conquest, the species - each of which can weigh as much as 1,500 lbs. and live as long as 40 years - might finally have met its match in the contemporary global appetite for sushi...
...critics. Bolaņo's other major novel, 2666, is even more massive and more bizarre. It is also a masterpiece, and its publication in English translation by Farrar, Straus & Giroux on Nov. 11 is the most electrifying literary event of the year. With 2666, Bolaņo's posthumous conquest of America is complete...
...literary event of the year. With its publication by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this week - adding to an oeuvre that includes several collections of short stories, numerous novellas and minor novels, and a volume of poems due out later this month from New Directions - Bolaño's posthumous conquest of the U.S. will be complete...
...would say it was deeply rooted for quite a long time when the West was more or less continuously under attack. First, it was the Arab conquest was in Spain and then the Turks in Europe. Then it began to fade, but now, of course, it has revived for obvious reasons...
...Samantha Power gets it more right than ever [Aug. 25]. Of course Putin is the real driving force of Russian aggression, and not his mouthpiece President Medvedev. While being rightly proud of its recent astonishing development, Russia is at the same time on the brink of a tour of conquest to restore its lost empire. We all know what happened the last time it did so: this Georgian adventure will not be its last. Maarten Molenaar, VEENENDAAL, THE NETHERLANDS...