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...appearance in various publications, the book reads like a series of episodes rather than cohesive journey, but Neufeld picks his moments well. In each he discovers something about the world or himself that, if it doesn't actually broaden him, at least gives him pause. For example, the opening, titular chapter features Neufeld and his girlfriend, Sari, arriving in Bangkok after a miserable flight. While puttering around, feeling vaguely disconcerted, they stumble upon a Buddhist temple. Here, at last, they find a welcoming but totally foreign culture where "religion wasn't grim or judgmental, like my impressions growing...
...vista of roofs and chimneys outside. It's frenetic, it's dizzying, it's the first show ever to give me motion sickness. Gee-whiz technology has its place in the theater, but here it often distracts from a serious tale of three wronged women. Apart from the titular woman in white, who is justly terrified of dastardly Sir Percival Glyde, there are the plucky Marian and her sister Laura, who are abused by the very same Glyde and his flamboyant Italian accomplice, Count Fosco. Among the country mansions and shadowy villages of Hampshire and Cumberland, the three find their...
...fifth volume, "Resurrection," is due in November. (Sadly, the remaining seven have not yet been contracted for publication.) While doing other projects, Tezuka worked on the series from 1967 until his death. Though each story stands independent of the rest, they remain interconnected by the appearance of the titular bird and other recurring characters, as well sharing Tezuka's humane and philosophical themes. The latest, "Karma," has a reputation as the best of the lot, and it is indeed a masterpiece...
Last year, I wrote that the American left is losing a struggle for language, as conservatives masterfully redefine the political lexicon. Now, going into an election year, many don’t see a “message” in the rhetoric of the Left’s titular leader, the presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Perhaps that message would be clearer if it were framed in a vocabulary that seeks to reclaim the meanings of words that have been poisoned by years of insincerity and extremism. Establishing a new vocabulary is not the point; we need to take...
...wise enough to avoid making race the central theme of his work. Instead he just puts Asian Americans into funny, compelling stories that would typically feature "white" characters. The titular tale, for example, owes far more to Dan Clowes' "Ghostworld" than to Amy Tan's "Joy Luck Club." The longest and best of the book's pieces, "Same Difference" features Simon and Nancy, two dorky twenty-something best friends living in Oakland, California who bicker over pop-culture and local weirdoes. The story follows the two of them as Simon semi-reluctantly drives Nancy to Pacifica in order...