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The origins of this bizarre practice are ancient. The Parsis, as their name implies, are descendants of Persians who fled the conquering armies of Islam in the 7th century. Like their Persian ancestors, they are Zoroastrians, followers of a myth-enshrouded religious prophet named Zoroaster who lived some six centuries...
The second play has an uncharacteristic darkness. Sir Hugo Latymer is a famous old British writer with a talent for elegant malice. A Song at Twilight may have been as close as Coward came to autobiography-although Latymer bears a resemblance to Somerset Maugham. While Latymer and his German wife...
In many of his later books, Hanley has shown a finer hand without sacrificing power, particularly in The Closed Harbor (1953), the story of a sea captain who haunts the docks after losing his ship, and in Another World (1972), in which sexual passion turns the collar of a middle...
I HEADED for the seawall, now totally black and foggy. A dark black shape moved in the darkness against the wall. "Francois?" But it was an old man, perhaps from the next town, on his way home by the shortest route. "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur, avez-vous vu un petit homme...
Sir / Little children walking to school in the dark? No, mothers are driving them. This is saving energy? No matter how Congress legislates, there are only a limited number of hours of daylight. We on the western edge of a time zone are using more electricity to cope with the...