The title literally translates to "he who has found meaning (of existence)." "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," by Junot Díaz Díaz's moving story about the beauty and power of optimism amid inherited cultural setbacks will make you cry, but it will likely also embolden you.
Fillon, who last year likened France's colonial past to a "cultural exchange", suffered his own setback on Thursday when a financial prosecutor said that an investigation into fake work allegations concerning him and his wife, Penelope Fillon, would remain open.
MADRID — Bullfighting, seen by many Spaniards as an essential component of their cultural patrimony, could suffer its biggest setback to date on Wednesday when lawmakers in Catalonia will vote on whether to ban fights in their region.
Despite the setback in Chinese culture under Mongol rule, the period was not devoid of positive cultural development.
Although subsequent books and other writing projects occasionally hit setbacks – her work of cultural criticism, The Sadeian Woman, didn't have the smoothest gestation – Ishiguro's sense of her writerly confidence seems accurate.
DaVita's achievement was predicated on several key factors: With a track record of recent success, sufficient resources, and a confident, proud workforce, the organization had the cultural and financial wherewithal to handle occasional setbacks.
Barring further setbacks, Tara Circle, an Irish education and cultural center, will finally find a new home at a former college in Yonkers.
Some people charge that non-Muslims donning headscarves in solidarity amounts to cultural appropriation and is potentially offensive or somehow a setback to feminism, but I do not give these objections much credence.
Like Louisa's classmate, some people charge that non-Muslims donning headscarves in solidarity amounts to cultural appropriation and is potentially offensive or somehow a setback to feminism, but I do not give these objections much credence.
