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By: Murray Hill Records
Apparently, Murray Hill records was a subsidiary of Random House, and mainly re-released excellent material. Other sources claim this boxed set was released in 1970. Gorgeously recorded. My pressing is quite good — I can not remark on the condition of those at this library. Interesting academic material in the liner notes.
Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer
By: Hopkins, Ellen
I think this book gives a great view into the life of an impressionable teenage girl suddenly immersed in the world of illegal drugs. Kristina starts using meth after a short stay at her estranged father’s home. She continues to use it for recreation purposes but soon develops a dependency on it and what was left of her previous life disappears. Make sure to read the sequel, “Glass”. Kristina’s life get’s even worse.
Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer
By: Kitchen, Denis
Thank Harvey Kurtzman for Mad Magazine, if you are old enough to remember when it was good, or if not, for The Simpsons whose creators were influenced by him as youths. Or whatever hilarious subversive satire the kids are reading and watching these days. He was a subversive genius when it wasn’t so lucrative.
Reviewer: Ellen
By: Holroyd, Michael
From the 9/6/08 Times review by Michael Arditti: “He [Holroyd] creates a saga in which the glories of an older generation are dissipated by children.”
Reviewer: Beth
By: Yongbo Zhao
Hieronymous Bosch meets Julie Speed, paintings by a Chinese artist who now lives in Munich.
At right, “Kardinal II”; At left, “East Meets West,” collaborative self-portrait with Dietmar Gross
Reviewer: Ellen
By: Harry Partch
This DVD contains excellent documentary films of Partch’s music and workplace. Totally fascinating material.
Reviewer: Tommy
By: Gary Hustwit
An interesting documentary that provides excellent perspective into this omni-present font’s place in the world.
Reviewer: Tommy
By: Alexander, John Rufus
Short, actually 24 pages, not 23 as catalogued, account of the Mier Foray into Mexico. As Alexander is elderly and 50 years removed from the expedition when this was written/gathered, the accuracy comes with a caveat emptor, but the writing is excellent, and details seem to accord with history. this is a gripping, fascinating and somewhat depressing military piece, covering this deadly event. Color, details and memories that are unique as presented, a must for any serious student of this era, or Texiana per se.
Reviewer: Valhalla Booksellers
By: Gonzlez Nohra, Fernando
La primera publicación de Fernando González Nohra se compone de seis relatos. Lo curioso es que puede funcionar como una novela elíptica, plagada de silencios en los que el lector es envuelto y las respuestas le son concedidas en pequeñas referencias que interconectan temporalmente los cuentos. Así, vemos una evolución temporal de la obra como un sucedáneo de capítulos que no traicionan el sentido de ninguno de ellos. Por ello, a diferencia de otros libros de estilo semejante, es preferible leerlo en el orden trazado por el autor y no adelantarse «… para no perder el paso».
En Por favor, no empujen el humor ácido es el pretexto para mostrar la verdadera soledad de Gonzalo, personaje principal y narrador de sus desencuentros, que vive en una ciudad como Lima, donde es testigo a diario de «cómo la neblina que subía por el acantilado se iba tragando de a pocos la ciudad». Un lugar en el cual todos parecen caminar en su contra: «Los pocos que caminan en mi dirección lo hacen tan lento que se convierten también en un estorbo, tengo que esquivarlos para no perder el paso». Un reflejo vital de lo que significa vivir en un país divorciado de sí mismo. Donde los conflictos no sólo habitan en lo hondo de la pobreza, sino que se presentan a cada esquina como reiterando, una y otra vez, que permanecerás «vivo y vacío» (paráfrasis usada por Gonzalo con respecto a Henry Miller).
El estilo narrativo del autor es frugal; no ahonda en extravagancias. Su lenguaje transmite el habla limeña sin ambages. Para el autor es vital que se deje hablar a los personajes, y esto se logra en Por favor, no empujen. Gonzalo jamás deja de ser él, jamás permite que la vida y los personajes estrafalarios —sátiras de una sociedad exagerada como la limeña— mellen en él. Seguirá intentando escribir, que en este caso es lo mismo que intentar sobrevivir.
Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer
By: Shepard, Sam
Last Fall, Sam Shepard made a visit to the Fine Arts Library. The evening before he arrived, I thought I should read his Pulitzer Prize winning play, Buried Child. In addition, Beth Kerr, Theatre/Dance Librarian told me if you can only read one thing before Shepard arrives, read Buried Child. This play is about a dysfunctional family, set on a farm in the Midwest. Shepard does an excellent job describing the strained relations amongst the three generations of family members. The family secret, the mystery of the “Buried Child” is revealed in the third act of the play. Now I recommend it to patrons who look at the Shepard materials on display and want to read something by him.
Reviewer: Laura Schwartz
