Word: reader
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...quickly conditions the reader to s expect the unexpected but manages to be consistently surprising never theless, introducing new twists and outrages that not even the most warped spectator could have foreseen. The novel adopts a formal, almost fussy style to convey lunacy, as if Berger were describing low deeds to a maiden aunt. At one point, Earl finds himself face down in a swamp, having been punched from behind by Harry. Berger writes: "He was not paralyzed, but someone's large foot was planted in the middle of his back. Owing to this impediment he could not rise...
...Author Duncan Norton-Taylor re-creates the person behind these layers of history and ideology. The reader follows young John as he journeys to Paris to study theology, then law, at the expense of the Roman Catholic Church. Reformation is in the air at the Sorbonne; the student undergoes a profound conversion. His new Protestantism is anathema to both church and state and he flees to Switzerland. In Geneva, Calvin becomes the voice of a new moral order; in one dispute he walks off the altar at Easter and is expelled from the city. Moving to Strasbourg, he ministers...
Ultimately. Norton-Taylor shows, it was ideas that ruled Calvin and those around him. In God's Man those ideas are given a human dimension. The reader encounters Calvin's doctrines and doubts tossed in a mind as agonized as his tubercular body. The godfather of capitalism assures a rich man that wealth is part of God's plan rather than a sin-but at the same time condemns gouging employers and supports strikes. In one fascinating intellectual exercise, Norton-Taylor offers his own version of a Calvin text, the reformer arguing with himself in verse about...
When Alitto just tells Liang's own story, Liang is perfectly capable of holding the reader's interest as dynamic, powerful, figure. He is important then, because as he grappled with the general problem of Chinese intellectuals--the preservation of Chinese culture--Liang illustrates how Alitto's "Chinese dilemma of modernity" affected the individuals being modernized. And as Liang's life touched upon other leading figures of the day, his individual story does yield new insights into the general milieu in which both Mao and Liang worked...
...Lest the reader forget, there are still a few holdovers from years past. Just like last year, the number one slot is occupied by junior Don Pompan, defending all New England singles champion. Pompan's spring western trip, however, was reminiscent of his slow 1979 start. He could manage only a 1-4 mark against the number one players from the likes of University of San Diego, UCal Ervine, USC, Arizona, and Arizona State. The team returned with an overall 2-3 mark. It's nice to be back home...