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Amit Chaudhuri's first book to be published in the United States comprises three short novels and is a masterpiece of the telling detail--in one paragraph he accomplishes what might take other writers entire volumes. Consider, for example, this description of family life in "A Strange and Sublime Address":
Monday morning came like a fever. Chhotomama would be at the dining-table, eating a rapid meal of dal, fish, and rice, trying to avoid chewing as much of it as possible before he rushed to work. Then he would rush upstairs where a pair of polished black shoes would be waiting for him like a long-promised gift. He would spend five minutes persuading his feet to enter the shoes, or the shoes to swallow his feet.... Over and over again he would shout "I'm late!" in the classic manner of the man crying "Fire!" or "Timber!" or "Eureka!" while Saraswati and Mamima scuttled around him like frightened birds.
The plot of "A Strange and Sublime Address" is slight--a young boy spends his summer with relatives in Calcutta--and consists mainly of a series of episodes strung together. But the characters are so lovingly limned and the places so intimately described that not even a one-way ticket to India could rival Chaudhuri's rendering.
He works similar magic on Oxford and Bombay in the second novel, "Afternoon Raag." Again, the story is almost inconsequential: a young Indian student at Oxford must choose between two women. What's really important here, however, are the character's memories of his music teacher back in Bombay; his mother's morning rituals; his father clipping his fingernails onto an old copy of The Times of India. Likewise, in the third novel, "Freedom Song," plot takes a back seat to the delicate workings of familial relationships as two clans attempt to marry off a "problem" relative. What makes these three short novels so satisfying is the fact that the author's remarkable sensibility is more than matched by his literary skillfulness. For readers in love with language, Freedom Song is the answer to a prayer. --Alix Wilber
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"An immensely gifted writer....Crammed with breathtaking sentences, sharp characterizations, comic set pieces, and melancholy grace notes." --The New York Times Book Review
Freedom Song--which collects three of Chaudhuri's novels--celebrates the rhythms of modern India. A boy's visit with relatives conjures the melancholy comforts of family. An Indian student at an English university contemplates the conflicted relationship between an immigrant and his homeland. And the task of marrying off a "problem" son illuminates the complex community of cultures that is modern Calcutta.
Chaudhuri's novels offer simple plots that unfold into dramas of profound emotional resonance. And in prose that has won Chaudhuri comparisons to the master stylists of this century but that emerges as fiercely his own,
Freedom Song announces a young writer of extraordinary gifts.
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Beautiful Prose but No Plot.......2005-06-11
I picked up this book b/c I enjoy reading about life in other cultures. I agree with the other reviews that his writing is beautiful and descriptive, but there is no real plot. You can only read about every minute detail of a house or a typical day for so long until you want some sort of conflict or even character development. It is written in third person, so you never know what's going on inside their mind. There is no bonding with any character. I agree with the review that says it's just a glimpse into their everyday life that is disguised behind beautiful prose. I did not finish this book.
Insight into The Indian Life and Soul.......2005-04-07
Chaudhuri has written a rich and earthy rendering of life in India in this work (I enjoyed these two short stories much more than the tale set in England, which to me lacked the energy and humor of the other two).
He uses a beautiful, vibrant and complex fabric of language in rendering his characters and their lives, rather like the traditional "Sari" worn by women of his native land.
While he pokes plenty of fun at the the idosyncracies and the travails of his characters and of the life there, it is without malice, a gentle prodding, that of a fond and familiar friend.
Worthy of the term "literature", definitely recommended!
Bengali schmaltz leaves bad aftertaste...........2002-04-13
Chaudhuri's prose may be poetic but it is also insidiously sentimental. A saccharin-sweet view of Calcutta that leaves you craving for something more substantial. For great Indian writing try the salty, wry humour of Rushdie or Arundhati Roy's beautiful 'God of Small Things', a book that is not afraid to examine the darker side of post-colonial India.
Picturesque.......2002-03-01
It's poetic, it paints a picture... but it doesn't have much of a plot. How's the for some "p" words? I enjoyed it and Chaudhuri does have an eloquent turn of phrase, but I'm still kind of wondering what the point was. It seemed more like snapshots of the lives of Indian families than actual novellas. Freedom Song is a collection of three novellas: A Strange and Sublime Address, An Afternoon Raag, and Freedom Song. I dunno... maybe they're all just too smart for me (that is entirely possible).
Poetic..........2001-11-06
While I thouroughly enjoyed the poetic prose of this novel, I was a little perplexed by its seeming lack of plot. No doubt the descriptions are awesome and Chaudhuri has a mean turn of phrase, but I kept waiting for the point to come across and, for me, it never seemed to. It's beautiful, but I like a little more action.
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Frannie McCabe was an obnoxious juvenile delinquent in his teens, but has settled down into comfortable middle age in the small town of Crane's View as its chief of police; like other Jonathan Carroll protagonists, the hero of The Wooden Sea is about to find himself caught up in uncanny goings-on. First a dog walks into his office and drops dead--more importantly, it will not stay buried. Then a quarreling couple simply disappears, and then Frannie finds himself haunted by his younger, more abrasive self, and by visions of the last day of his life, as an old man about to be knocked down by a motorbike in Vienna.
What all this means and what lessons Frannie is supposed to take from it all are where the questions lie; anyone who has read an earlier Carroll novel will know the sorts of thing that are liable to happen, the sorts of thing that they are likely to mean--but any reader of an earlier Carroll novel will almost certainly be buying any of his books they can get hold of, anyway. This is an inventive and moving fantasy by a writer who more or less defined dark fantasy as a critical term. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk
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From the moment a three-legged dog limps into the life of Police Chief Frannie McCabe and drops dead at his feet, McCabe finds himself in a new world of disturbing miracles. His small town of Crane's View, New York has long been a haven of harmony and comfort--but now he finds himself afflicted by the inexplicable, by omens that converge to throw his life into doubt. And what he does over the next few days may have consequences for the whole world . . . .
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A beautifully written novel about coming to terms with one's own past and making it part of the future, The Wooden Sea is Jonathan Carroll at his best, with perhaps his most satisfying conclusion ever.
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Great read!.......2006-07-17
I picked up this book after reading Carroll's Glass Soup, which I liked, but left me a bit disappointed. I was much more satisfied with The Wooden Sea. I loved the characters, Carroll developed them all so well and the plot twists and turns. Carroll's sci-fi-ish, alternate reality set amongst the regular world is very thought provoking. I would have gave this book 5 stars, however, as with Glass Soup, Carroll leaves a lot of loose ends and unanswered questions. Still, I would recommend reading this to anyone, but especially, if you enjoy Neil Gaiman's work, or maybe even those who are Stephen King fans.
Best book by this author so far . . ........2006-05-19
. . . Although it wouldn't surprise me if Carroll tops himself, numerous times, in the future. I pretty much loved everything about The Wooden Sea. I love the gruff and good-hearted manner of the narrator, Frannie, and his growth from a snot-nosed punk to a law enforcer and positive role model in his community. I love the snappy exchanges between Frannie and his wife, Magda, and the care Frannie shows towards his stepdaughter, Pauline. I love how nicely every event in Frannie's routine turns out until the strange arrival of a three-legged dog makes everything go strange. But I guess that's what you expect when you come into contact with a three-legged dog.
I also found the philosophical inquiries made by the novel to be very compelling. It's been two years since I first read The Wooden Sea and I still haven't completely let all of them sink in. The characters in the novel are very preoccuppied by the passage of time, the what-ifs that haunt you as you age and the small secrets your loved ones keep from you despite how well you know them. Carroll comes off as very wise in this novel, but not in the way of an old man who abhors the way younger men live. The narrator loves his life and works towards good things for all the people he knows. The wisdom in the story comes from a similar passion to enjoy life and honor life by doing the right things.
A Little Sound and No Fury, Signifying Nothing.......2006-01-13
There's no doubt that Jonathan Carroll is a capable wordsmith. His writing is textured and fluid and he enjoys a capacious and imaginative narrative style. Sadly, the ease with which he weaves the story belies a lack of story organization or thematic development that ultimately deprives the reader from a significant payoff in any form other than admiration for Carroll's syntactical technique. On my decimal scale (0.0 to 5.0), this book gets a 2.7 because it does have the redeeming quality of being skillfully written.
Using several tropes from the fantasy genre, the story frames the internal struggles of a middle-aged chief of police seeking to make some sense of his life. Divorced and remarried, Frannie McCabe confronts death, that quintessential catalyst for existential crises, in an unusual tableau: he adopts a three-legged dog named Old Vertue - possibly the least subtle of Carroll's implied metaphors - who dies and won't stay buried, periodically reappearing in places like the trunk of Frannie's car.
Amid this existential puzzle appear a mystical feather and other portents of urgency that suggest something of cosmic significance is at stake. Although slightly entertaining, the roller-coaster effect of Carroll's A.D.D.-style of plot development has its limitations. Most significantly, the omens that Carroll so eagerly builds up throughout the novel result in a little sound and no fury, signifying nothing. The questions they are susceptible to raise are not especially profound and their utility in advancing the story development is questionable.
Implications of the symbolic end of virtue or the notion of "floating," feather-like as it were, simply remain largely disintegrated from the rest of the story. Taken within the context of the entire story, these implied metaphors appear superfluous and resemble an uncharacteristically inartistic and cheap tease to move the reader along through the book.
Moreover, Carroll provides little support within his story development for the central theme of perfectionism - moral or otherwise - that finally appears to anchor this book. Perhaps less time on dead-end auguries and shallow metaphors and more time examining the real psychological conflicts within his protagonist and his supporting characters would have served this book to touch on something truly profound.
But for a much better exposition of such themes, I would suggest watching Adam's Rib, Bringing Up Baby, and The Philadelphia Story, and if sufficiently intrigued reading "Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage" by Stanley Cavell.
Surreal and real at the same time.......2005-11-11
Not full of "100s of F words" at all, as claimed by a previous reviewer. The book is written in perfectly normal language, assuming one isn't a Sunday school teacher living in 1892. This is exactly the way real people talk (in New York at least). Slightly disappointing ending, I'd have liked more loose ends tied up, but the dialogue is so snappy, the descriptions so lyrical and the plot so imaginative that the ending doesn't really matter.
This was my first Jonathan Carroll, bought on impulse, and I now intend to devour everything he ever wrote.
Like a whacked out version of "Waking Life".......2005-08-04
Imagine a remake of "Waking Life" in which the protagonist was a no-nonsense cop who talked back to the various figures he met in his travels and kept bumping into a macho bad a** and an egomaniacal industrialist on a sort of metaphysical merry-go-round rotating through various time periods. This story contains elements of "Pet Cemetery," "Solaris," "Groundhog Day," "The Butterfly Effect," "Hitch Hiker's Guide," "La Jetee," and others.
It definitely pulled me in, and I'm glad I read it. I'm giving it three stars because the "solution" was a bit of a letdown, for me. Still, it's worth reading. It was my first Jonathan Carroll novel, and I'll definitely read some more.
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The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly.
The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy.
The good news is that there is a way out. By law, every Copy has the option of terminating itself, and waking up to normal flesh-and-blood life again. The bail-out is on the utilities menu. You pull it down...
The bad news is that it doesn't work. Someone has blocked the bail-out option. And you know who did it. You did. The other you. The real you. The one that wants to keep you here forever.
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Australian SF Reader.......2007-08-04
Egan takes the Paul Durham character and scenario that he created in his story 'Dust' and takes it further, adding other characters and personalities to his exploration of looking at the simulation of people and running them, or living in, a virtual environment.
He explores what class differences will mean in such a world, while Durham works and schemes to continue his experiments with the help of others.
An Open Minder: Multiple Universes, World of Ideas independent of Real World plus a Good basis of Computer Science!!!.......2007-08-03
Hi,
I first heard about this book when I was reading Nick Bostrom's article "Are You Living In a Computer Simulation?" (http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html) and bought it to take a look.
I can tell you this is a "page turner" if you have any familiarity with computer science. Even though the main argument of the book (that a software can run without a hardware, a little bit like the idea that a mathematical equation exists even though we cannot know its behavior unless we calculate it) is quite difficult to accept and eventually is not falsifiable, the entire book is based on a great exercise of imagination based on a good knowledge of computer science.
The first part of the book is a great history by itself, but the second part is very interesting too, it's a little bit like an anticlimax but I really liked to know the end of the story.
The characters are deep, well thought and are unveilled little by little during the book, there aren't many people in this book, but they are more than enough to give a good idea of how Permutation City's world looks like.
The main idea of the book is that medicine evolves more slowly than computer science and thus when someone is close to dying, this person can choose to map its mind into a computer and allow this copy to keep living. The book states very well that this is not a transfer, the person really dies, there is no hope for the body, however the copy can at least keep living, it would be like a clone or a son.
Being a copy, however is not that easy, the first copy felt like imprisoned in a box and asked to be terminated. Most of copies did so as well. Only the copies of those who were about to die accepeted their fate.
Moravek's book "Mind Children" described quite well this problem and according to him, a transfer would be possible if the was gradually destroyed and transfered into to computer, at the end the physical body would be abandoned and instead of a copy we would have a full transfer.
I strongly recommend this book and I'm eager to read the rest of this author's books.
Best regards
Ariosto
Stunningly sophisticated cornucopia of technological speculation.......2007-05-12
Greg Egan is perhaps the most intellectually stimulating science fiction writer around today, and "Permutation City" shows Egan at his finest.
To read Egan is to know that you are in the presence of a great mind. I've sent people copies of this book out of the blue just because I thought they had to read it. And it's not often that I markup a novel with marginal notes, but I did reading "Permutation City" as I have no other work of fiction.
"Permutation City" is a model of the novel of big ideas. What makes science fiction so special is the breadth of its vision. If fiction is sum total of all possible stories involving all possible beings doing all possible actions, we can see that most regular fiction is too often an embarrassingly narrow-minded exploration of certain pursuits of a tiny subset of characters, namely human beings, commonly construed, living sometime in the last few thousand years of human history. Only science fiction (and fantasy I suppose) expands outward from that microscopic pinprick of light to explore other possible ways for beings to live and grow. Egan better than anyone I know greatly expands the scope of what it is possible for a character to be. I recommend all his novels in this regard. I am awed by his vision of a simulated artificial life universe based on cellular automata principles, but I've already said too much. With an eye to the demands of human sensibilities (he is after all telling a story to be read by late 20th/early 21st Century humans), Egan explores questions about reality and its simulation in a unique and stirring way.
I want to convey the excitement I had reading this without giving away the twists and turns of the story. Suffice it to say that it deals with simulated worlds, downloaded consciousness, strong AI, artificial life evolution, cellular automata, and many other speculations.
"Permutation City" was nominated for the Philip K. Dick award in 1995. Philip K. Dick is said to have explored two great themes in his body of work: "What is real?" and "What is human?" "Permutation City" explores both questions with an unparalleled sophistication and bravado.
Diamond-hard s.f........2006-05-25
First, a note, this book makes slightly more sense if you've read Egan's earlier short story "Dust". This is available in Year's Best Science Fiction Tenth Annual Collection, and is probably anthologized elsewhere too.
What Egan does best: This book is fabulous example of a far-fetched idea developed and explored to the fullest. In Egan's future, "uploading" your mind for digital immortality has become common (although not cheap). Not content with the limitations of these digital worlds, one man takes this virtual mind trip even farther, forging an entirely new universe out of the "dust" of ours.
The people of this world slam into catastrophe when the question of what is more real ceases to be academic and starts ripping apart the foundations of their custom-made universe.
Why did I not rate this book at five stars? Because despite all this head-tripping speculation (and it *is* interesting, I assure you) it was hard for me to care about this book. That's because of what Egan does badly: He cannot create well-developed, engaging characters.
I cannot find a single person I really care about (for good or for ill) in this book. Their cosmos is collapsing! So what? I haven't the slightest emotional connection to any of them.
Egan's s.f. ideas are fantastic. But an interesting concept alone is not enough to carry a full-length novel. If you want to truly enjoy Greg Egan's writing, read his short fiction. His intellectual gems shine far better there than in this novel.
Thick? Yes! Esoteric? Yes! Awesome? Yes!.......2005-07-23
I don't reccommend reading this if you have trouble grasping abstract computer concepts, you will be completely lost. On the other hand, if you're into transhumanism and virtual reality you will flip your lid over this book. It's very esoteric, specialised, detailed, thick, whatever you want to call it, but that is because Greg Egan has fully realised the technology he is writing about, and wants to convey his vision as clearly as possible. Personaly, I appreciate that. I hate sci-fi books with unexplained technology that just teleports a whole planet or mutates a cat simply because it's convenient to the plot, with little or no explanation. Greg Egan has thought out the technology in this book, and because of that, an incredibly "out there" story becomes feasible. However, if you don't care about technology and it's implications, you might feel gipped by this book. The characters are one dimensional, the writing is nothing special, the locations are foggy, but holy @#$%, my mind has been blown. Definately worth tracking down and reading.
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A cupcake can change your life. Ever since Magnolia Bakery opened its doors in 1996, people have been lining up day and night to satisfy their sugar cravings -- patiently waiting in line at the old-fashioned yet funky bake shop to buy cupcakes, layer cakes, pudding, and ice cream, much to the surprise and delight of owner Allysa Torey. Now, from the baker who brought cupcakes to everyone's attention, come even more recipes from Greenwich Village's favorite bakery and her home kitchen.
Whether it's a birthday cake, weekend breakfast treats, or sweets for a bake sale, you'll find simple and delicious recipes to delight family and friends on all occasions in More from Magnolia: Recipes from the World-Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen. Beginning with the ever-popular cupcakes and frostings, you'll find the much-requested recipes for the mouthwatering Magnolia's Famous Banana Pudding and sinfully rich Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting, all with helpful hints that let you achieve the same sweet results as the bakery. In the well-loved Magnolia style, Allysa Torey brings you new twists on old favorites, such as Devil's Food Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting, Peaches and Cream Pie with Sugar Cookie Crust, and Apple Tart with Hazelnut Brown Sugar Topping. You'll also find breakfast treats like Cream Cheese Crumb Buns and Blueberry Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze; and afternoon snacks like Black Bottom Cupcakes, Walnut Brown Sugar Squares, and Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. From Banana Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing to Heavenly Hash Ice Cream Pie, these are the desserts that Allysa makes for friends and family at home -- unfussy, straightforward, and simply delicious.
Illustrated with eight pages of beautiful color photographs, as well as black-and-white stills that capture the daily life of the bakery, More from Magnolia is an irresistible collection of new classics that will inspire you to fill your kitchen with sweet things.
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Located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, the near-shoebox-size Magnolia Bakery has become a destination for lovers of all-things sweet. The reason? From the beginning its owner Allysa Torey and her staff have offered cakes (and particularly cupcakes), pies, and other pastries that are utterly unpretentious but deeply satisfying in a grandmother-would-have-made-it-if-she-could-have way. More from Magnolia Torey's second book, adds to her already impressive recipe roster 75 formulas that range from Pear Streusel Breakfast Buns, and Pumpkin Walnut Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting, to Chocolate Pecan Pudding Pie, and Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. Included also are recipes for signature specialties like Magnolia's Chocolate Cupcakes and famous banana pudding, plus a section on frostings and sauces. All are easy to do, even for beginning bakers, and all have the straightforward Magnolia appeal. --Arthur Boehm
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great cupcake recipe and icing.......2007-03-28
i made abt 4 recipes before posting - vanilla cupcake, chocolate cupcake, strawberry shortcake, black bottom cupcake, apple cake with butterscotch frosting and vanilla icing/buttercream. great blackbottomed and vanilla cupcake recipe. very good icing recipe. the choc cupcake was dry and tasteless -- rather do the blackbottomed cupcake recipe without cream cheese as choc cupcake. very very basic cake recipes - heavy cakes with no sophisticated tastes. all the cakes rose very well but they were all flour-heavy and came out really heavy. they hold their shape well. i recommend the "cake bible" by rose for cakes instead. the strawberry shortcake in this book called for a 3 layered cake with whipped cream, if served a few hours before eating, the whipped cream does not hold up well. "the cabke bible" will take situations like these under advisement, which i have always appreciated.
very good for beginner bakers, very encouraging results. wonderfully written. it provides me with new ideas on baking :) but for more sophisticated tastes/scents/texture, go for an advanced book. :) the only reason i gave it 3 stars is because the recipes were a bit overly simplistic for my tastes. it is a good book for a quick bake (at nights for tomorrow's events), instead of a nice cake taking a few days to assemble.
Disappointed.......2007-03-09
Based on the reputation of this bakery, I purchased the book. I made 2 recipes from this book so far and have been very disappointed. Looks like this one will gather dust on the shelf.
The Best Buy!.......2007-03-09
This is one of the simplest recipe books that I have ever purchased...AND OFCOURSE THE BEST! I have made several things from it and they have turned out delicious every single time. It is one of my best investments in a cupcake recipe book!
Suggestion..........2007-02-06
I've found that the reviews for this (and other) magnolia books seem to be very polarized. Professional cooks with years of experience getting terrible results and novice bakers getting fabulous results? If you're trying to decide like I was try making the cupcakes before buying the book. The vanilla cupcake recipe can be found on martha stewart's website, just search for magnolia. For me it turned out great, not quite as good as the bakery itself, but as close as I can expect from my junky oven. If you make them and like them, buy the book. If you make them and think they're terrible maybe the book is not for you...
More from Magnolia.......2007-01-23
This is a great cookbook....Everything I've made in this book has been a success .....Everyone needs this cookbook for any deserts they might make...You can't go wrong with it......
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This exceptionally fine needlecraft guide from the turn of the century includes instructions for projects that range from drawn-thread work to the attractive novelty of bead embroidery on netting. Abundantly illustrated directions provide tips for reticella lace and Venetian crochet, elegant hardanger and hedebo work, macramé, cross-stitch, ancient cut-work, and embroidery on flannel. 244 illustrations.
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Victorian Fancy Stitchery: Techniques and Designs.......2006-02-18
This book is a reprint of the British book "The Home Art Book of Fancy Stitchery" published around 1910s. Like its sister companion publication "Victorian Needlework Techniques and Designs" (or "the Cult of the Needle" originally)edited by the same author, it is a concised introduction to the type of needlework predominant at that era (early 1900s).
There are brief background introductions to the various type of needlework, sample period work instructions and illustrations; including counted thread work (drawn thread, hardanger, hedebo, corss stitch), net work, beadwork, cutwork, embroidery, smocking, macrame, filet crochet,knitting, etc.
The book has many black and white photos illustrating the crucial instruction steps and finished products. Despite the small size, they are clear and well defined. The written text is in the first person, which is rather rare nowadays for such category of book. This makes reading light and enjoyable, even if one has no intention of attempting the needlework pieces.
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The New Papyrological Primer is a fully revised and expanded edition of David and Van Groningen's 1964 standard introduction to Greek papyrological texts. The current edition contains 81 Greek texts, arranged in a chronological order, which illustrate various aspects of life in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt. Each text is provided with a short commentary and explanatory notes, which aim to allow students to understand the text and to place it accurately in its social context. A lengthy introduction provides general background information, data about the texts examined and discussion of a number of commonly neglected topics. A glossary of Greek terms is appended. The work contains numerous plates, illustrations and maps.
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Title: The New Papyrological Primer. (book reviews)
Author: J. Joel Farber
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1992
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: v112
Issue: n3
Page: p542(2)
Article Type: Book Review
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A terrible shame - dozens or errors make this book worthless.......2002-04-27
I had such high hopes for this book, but reading it drove me crazy. I counted more than 50 factual errors, misspellings, grammar errors, homonym errors, misidentified songs, directors, chracters, relationships, dates -- and those are just the ones I caught. This book needs an editor and a fact checker, and the author needs to learn to spell Anne Bancroft's name, among others.
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The "Spacious New Life" of Collaborative Genius.......2001-12-17
As with the word "Hollywood," the word "Broadway" refers less to a location than to a culture. In this brilliantly written and thoroughly entertaining book, Robert Emmet Long examines several of Broadway's most productive, creative, and dynamic choreographers and choreographer-directors of that culture: Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins (to whom Long devotes three chapters), Bob Fosse, Gower Champion, Michael Bennett, and Tommy Tune. Long also includes an insightful Epilogue ("Broadway Today") followed by Notes and a first-rate Bibliography.
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