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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Bruce Anderson"Saw the blood, the little thing, saw it all..." Like all families the Davidsens have their history-- told and untold-- but when that which was hidden becomes plain, the seemingly-settled tensions among parents and children, in-laws and friends begin to shift like so many tectonic plates. Siri Hustvedt composes this emergence of truth in prose akin to the structure of music: voices clash or harmonize, event... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Alden GravesSidney Lumet ( Dog Day Afternoon, The Pawnbroker, Long Day's Journey Into Night) directed this tense character study that focuses on the relationship between two brothers. Both Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank Hanson (Ethan Hawke) are neck-deep in money problems. Their solution is to rob the jewelry store that their parents have owned and operated for years. It is supposed to be a pi... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Bruce AndersonFaced with a great welter of classical music on CD, what's the aspiring collector to do? Here's a thoughtful chronological compendium of works from the twelfth thru twenty-first centuries, with a recommended recording for each. Although in certain instances one might quarrel (as this reviewer does) with the chosen recording, the list of compositions itself is impeccably selected, and as a whole the 1001<... read more>>>
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Bruce Anderson
"But what is art? Tell me! What is it anyway?"
It was ironic. Her life more than anyone else's should have told her.
"Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?"
She looked at me.
"That," I said.
--Alexander Theroux
"An Adultery"
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