Word: labyrinth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Llosa mastered before he detoured into public life with his unsuccessful 1990 campaign for his country's presidency. It's a welcome return, says TIME's Paul Gray. What starts as a simple murder-mystery puzzle in the Andes mountains rapidly becomes an attempt to track down, through the labyrinth of fiction, experiences that defy rational explanation. "There is a spookiness about this novel, one that is hard to convey," says Gray. "But Vargas Llosa's meticulously realistic descriptions of this high, unforgiving landscape and the haunted people who perch there for the span of their lives ultimately merge into...
...signature acoustic sound. After warming up with a number of songs from previous albums, Chapman performed a track entitled "Heaven's Here on Earth," a selection from her newest album. In the song, she appealed to audiences to recognize that "each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth [of the universe...
Visitors were led through a labyrinth of nearly pitch-black hall-ways lined with skeletons, spiders and red-eyed bats dangling from the low ceilings. Monsters, moving mannequins, ghosts and other shadowy figures lurked behind corners and black curtains to surprise unsuspecting children...
...This may not sound too reasuring, but Shaffer further clarifies, "However, here American Chop Suey is not a leftover dish," as he hands me the secret recipe. Don't worry. It really is safe to eat. Finally, Shaffer warns me as I leave the underground dining services labyrinth of the Union, "If your article hurts, we'll come and find...
...many Harvard students interviewed yesterday say they are frightened by the library's 10-floor labyrinth...