What casual players call Ping-Pong (probably not even realizing that that is a trademark) is the ultimate basement sport, requiring mongooselike reflexes, unflinching hand-eye coordination and deodorant.
The narrator is now Urbain, and we get an unflinching first-hand report of the war years from the frontline.
Alexievich arranges unflinching first-hand accounts into mighty choruses, never ceasing to be amazed at "how interesting everyday life is", at the "infinite number of human truths".
In her clear voice, the songwriter Nina Nastasia sings visions of desolation and unflinching love -- "dirty hands and dirty feet and all" -- with melodies that can hint at the symmetries of Appalachian music.
The songwriter Nina Nastasia, who opens for Shellac tomorrow night, sings visions of desolation and unflinching love -- "dirty hands and dirty feet and all" -- with melodies that can hint at the symmetries of Appalachian music.
Nina Nastasia sings visions of desolation and unflinching love -- "dirty hands and dirty feet and all" -- with melodies that can hint at the symmetries of Appalachian music and a homespun backup from instruments like accordion and banjo.
In her clear voice, the songwriter Nina Nastasia sings visions of desolation and unflinching love -- "dirty hands and dirty feet and all" -- with melodies that hint at the modes and drones of Appalachian music and a mostly acoustic, quietly intense band.
In her clear voice, Nina Nastasia sings visions of desolation and unflinching love -- "dirty hands and dirty feet and all" -- with melodies that can hint at the symmetries of Appalachian music and a homespun backup from instruments like accordion and banjo.
Instead she personalizes the issue, exploring with a deft hand and an unflinching moral vision the gray areas of an argument so often presented in black and white.
Joyce's hand is as unflinching in its force as any of the deathly actions rendered to the bodies on any page, almost like an alarm light throwing its glow over room after room, or stations in an exhibit of twisted murder scenes.
