Word: taling
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...CHARLES RIVER—My favorite short story from my favorite author takes place on a bench on the Charles’ shore. I sought to experience summer genuinely. Sitting on a—the—bench, I took a break from editing others’ words. The tale is by and about literary legend Jorge Luis Borges. Sitting in Cambridge, Borges encounters a younger version of himself who imagines he has stumbled upon the Rhône’s shore in Geneva. He then recalls Greek philosopher Heraclitus explaining how constant change makes it impossible to bathe...
...America's new spandexed sweetheart has big wheels to fill - you've won one, now go get six more (and at least a few against the big guns like Basso and Ullrich, when, and if, they can race again). Though Landis's tale doesn't include a return from cancer, his gutsy comeback, while enduring searing hip pain, gives it some Lance-like back-from-the-brink flair. Landis, an Armstrong domestique before a somewhat acrimonious split last year, had a social, not a medical, obstacle to contend with - his conservative Mennonite upbringing in Pennsylvania, where his parents eschewed television...
...this setting, building maintenance man Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) finds an otherworldly woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) from an underwater society. Soon, the whole building is wrapped up in her tale as Heep searches for a way to send her home...
...became his lover and Keyser was caught lying to hide the affair--and hoarding classified documents in his suburban Washington home. Facing kail and with his marriage threatened, Keyser cut a deal, promising to tell all he knew about Taiwan's intelligence operations. But then the tale of the diplomat, his spook paramour and his wife--also a spy--got even weirder...
...RUINS SCOTT SMITH PLEASE, PLEASE let this be the most disturbing novel of the year. The Ruins is the tale of a bunch of American tourists on a boozy Mexican vacation that becomes a fever dream of grisly horror. Smith (A Simple Plan) writes with psychological acuity and real beauty, yet he doesn't pull punches. To be more specific would just waste good dramatic tension. But seriously, it's just awful what happens to these poor people...