There are beautiful poemlike forms in this book (Alter, Leon Wieseltier, Mitchell, Chana Bloch, and Chana Kronfeld earn one's particular admiration as interpreters), but I cannot judge them as translations.
Near the end of the book, Alter allows at least one unflattering comparison with the current White House into his text, but he is a fair reporter, describing Roosevelt's missteps (like his opposition to federal deposit insurance) as honestly as his triumphs.
The book altered the way historians thought about their field.
The book altered the face of African-American literature, and is still a compelling read.
The book altered the face of African-American literature, and Walker's life both for better and worse: it earned her years of abuse from other African-Americans; its reception damaged her relationship with her partner, from whom she eventually separated, and with her only daughter.
The screen-writers, Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock, took many liberties with the book, altering not only plot points but also the main thrust of Charles's spiritual journey: instead of turning from an agnostic into a Catholic, he starts out an atheist and, seemingly, remains one.
The screenwriters, Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock, took many liberties with the book, altering not only plot points but also the main thrust of Charles's spiritual journey: instead of turning from an agnostic into a Catholic, he starts out an atheist and, seemingly, remains one.
They head for Hollywood to sabotage a movie project about their comic-book alter egos, the bong-powered Bluntman and Chronic.
The pair head for Hollywood to sabotage a movie project about their comic-book alter egos, the bong-powered Bluntman and Chronic, being turned into film heroes.
The pair head for Hollywood to sabotage a movie project about their comic-book alter egos, the bong-powered Bluntman and Chronic.
As the Internet transforms the way we communicate, as search engines and e-mail and even e-books alter the way scholars and students do research, it seems a fitting time to look back at the dawn of an earlier information age, the beginnings of the book era and the founding of the first libraries of the Western world.
