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Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road--only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses.
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Laughable Greatness.......2007-06-22
Milan Kundera is in fact a literary genius. He manages to develop stories in a unique way, they are light and easy to read, yet they manage to be thought provoking at the same time. Kundera makes you laugh and think about the complexity and simplicity of human nature. I believe the seven stories found within this volume are linked together in theme, and there is also some reappearance of characters. The theme seems to regard the immortality of eroticism, of our libido - our sexual being doesn't age but only serves to remind us of our youth. I particularly liked the "Hitchhiking Game," which makes one wonder - how well do we know each other, or better yet, how much of us do we really reveal to each other? "Symposium" was an interesting discussion about Eros, echoing and modernizing Plato's "Symposium." "Eduard and God" is another gem to be treasured, it explores religion in the context of socialist movement and its interplay with sexuality, as well as the serious and unserious side of things. The stories are about "laughable loves" as they demonstrate how silly at times men (women included) act on the part of our ancient instinct and desire.
On a side note, this translation is extremely poor. I found quite a few typos and grammatical mistakes. It would be great to read this in its original form in Czech. I feel like alot of Kundera's wit is lost in translation.
"Laughable Loves" is definitely worth reading!
Love Advice from a Man of the World.......2006-12-26
Milan Kundera is, perhaps, what Woody Allen probably wishes he were: a non-neurotic European gentleman; a cool customer who knows a few things about love, and doesn't mind sharing them. And he has lived a professional life of art under a repressive Soviet bloc regime, to boot.
Laughable Loves is my first stab at Kundera, and what a find! Here is a thoroughly modern (though several decades old) collection of sketches of romance young and old, foibles and conceits timeless and ubiquitous, and comedy blatant and tongue-in-cheek. The book starts out modestly with young couple whose blithe role-playing takes them to darker places in their hearts and minds than they'd ever imagined. Kundera then gives us a pompous professor/art critic who goes to great lengths to avoid a man who solicits his critique while halfheartedly protecting his young mistress; a bitter man who seeks to recapture a love he once let get away; a doctor, ex-Don Juan, who is full of himself and, ultimately, full of IT; and, among others, an atheist teacher who flirts with religion to get close to a girl, and flirts with the principal to save his career, with unexpected results.
The stories are metaphysical puzzles (especially Dr. Havel) and teasing meditations on love, lust, and life from a lover-philosopher. Kundera makes no apologies and explores amoral terrain with authority--and wit. What a taut, satisfying collection of short stories. The question is not whom to read next, but what to read...
Honesty, cynicism and melancholy shrouded in undescribable tenderness.......2006-12-22
I just came across this collection of short stories, and as a devoted Kundera fan, I quickly devoured it amidst Christmas preparations, letter writings and other more dreary readings. And what a delight! This is early Bohemian Kundera, written while he still lived in then Czechoslovakia, and it is quite evident that he has not yet matured into the thoroughly seasoned writer that produced masterpieces such as "Life is Elsewhere", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Immortality". However, this is unmistakenly literary genius in the making, and the mood throughout is simply captivating.
The themes all deal with aspects of human sexuality - mostly from a Man's view. The stories have a raw sense of humanity to them - sometimes it can be uncomfortable reading; however, it has an undeniably tender undercurrent. Even when a character behaves despicably, I remained sympathtic with the human behind the actions. It just feels irresistably honest, and it is quite easy to get seduced by such well-portrayed human complexities.
Among my favorite stories were "The Old Dead Must Make Room for the New Dead", which portrays the dilemma of whether to preserve a diffuse, but beautiful sensual memory or replace it with a graphic, but uglier version that will ultimately erase the former. "Edward and God" is another gem that deals with sexual longing and the fickleness of Religion (Atheism is cleverly presented just as irrational in its dogmatisms as Christianity).
Finally "The Hitchhiking Game" is a classic portrayal of how easily perceptions can be irreversibly altered.
I highly recommend this short-story collection; however, if you are reading Milan Kundera for the first time, I am tempted to recommened one of his more famous works...
Early Kundera, including one of the century's greatest stories........2006-08-23
This collection of early short stories by Czech novelist Milan Kundera (who should surely be in the running for a Nobel sometime soon) contains one of the greatest short stories of the 20th century. "The Hitchhiking Game," a tale of two lovers who play an identity game that goes much too far and shakes their own fragile identities, is a marvelous, unpretentious dramatization of one of the central themes of Modernism's most important philosophical movement, Existentialism. Here Sartre's idea that we define ourselves through our actions is combined with the notion of personality as social performance to create a work of art as startling as Ingmar Bergman's 'Persona'. P.S.: I understand that Kundera also directed a film of this story sometime in the 1960's--part of the 'Czech new wave' cinema movement.
Not Laughter and Forgetting..........2004-07-14
"Laughable Loves" was originally published in three separate editions with a total of ten stories. Eventually, three of the stories were dropped and the order of the last two pairs of stories was switched. Kundera, by making these changes, tried to combine the stories into one unified work, like "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting."
It didn't work. The seven stories are, frankly, not connected. They give a good picture of life in Czechoslovakia at the time, but combining to form a picture of a life in a certain period at a certain place does not make one unified work. It's a collection of short stories, not a single novel.
But who cares! Erotic, comic, frightening, lighthearted, perceptive - all of these and more are easily applicable adjectives (for, for example, "Symposium," "Nobody Will Laugh," "The Hitchiking Game," "The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire," and "Eduard and God" respectively). The short stories are above all interesting and not as tough-to-read (some would say pompous and pseudo-intellectual) as Kundera's later works. The two best stories are "Eduard and God" and "The Hitchiking Game." "Symposium" isn't far behind. It's fun, it's literary but neither boring nor pretentious - enjoy!
Product Description
Boxed Set of 4, Tadeusz Borowski:This Way For The Gas Ladies and Gentlemen, Danilo Kis: A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, Milan Kundera: Laughable Loves, Bruno Schulz: Sanatorium Under the Signg of the Hourglass
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Las narraciones que componen EL LIBRO DE LOS AMORES RIDÍCULOS son las más alegres, las más seriamente desvergonzadas y las más reflexivamente divertidas de toda su obra. La farándula de personajes hedonistas que desfila ante los ojos del lector, todos ellos en busca de los juegos múltiples y contradictorios de la amistad, el amor y el sexo, y envueltos en un mundo lleno de severidad, hermetismo e inquisición, no puede sino incitar a la risa. Una risa auténtica, traviesa; un humor sabio, refinado y gozoso, al que nos tiene ya acostumbrados el autor de LA INSOPORTABLE LEVEDAD DEL SER.
These narrations are the most cheerful, the most seriously shameful and the most reflexively funny of Kundera's work. The (group) of hedonist characters appear here in search of multiple and contradictory games of friendship, love and sex.
Customer Reviews:
Primeros Pasos.......2001-05-20
Este es uno de los primeros libros de Kundera y eso se nota. Claro que para los aficionados al checo, los pecados de juventud del autor son un agradable paseo por los recursos kunderianos. "La insoportable brevedad del cuento" no parece ser el vehículo ideal para las pasiones lentamente informadas por Milan Kundera. De todos modos, la soberbia madurez de sus novelas posteriores ya se prefigura en estos seres que aman con una intensidad carnal, humana.
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Laughable Loves
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A collection of seven stories all concerned with love and complex erotic games.
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Laughable Loves
Milan Kundera
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laughable loves
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- Oh, Lynn
- Great Time Travel Stories
- Very good stories
- One of these deserves 5*'s the rest are pretty average.
- Best Time Travel anthology ever!
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Veils of Time
Lynn Kurland ,
Angie Ray ,
Ingrid Weaver , and
Maggie Shayne
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Today's bestselling romance writers invite you to four special weddings--across the veils of time...
National bestselling author Lynn Kurland's And The Groom Wore Tulle
National bestselling author Maggie Shayne's The Con and the Crusader
Rita Award winner Angie Ray's Bride Most Common
National bestselling author Ingrid Weaver's Conyn's Bride
* Time-travel and weddings--a match made in heaven!
Customer Reviews:
Oh, Lynn.......2006-02-28
I loved Lynn Kurland story in this book, couldn't get into the other stores much, but that could have just been me as I'm into time travel and Scottish historical right now. Romance for me has to have more then boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets girl or vis versa. An adventure, or a myster...those who like the other author's in this group will more then likely like there stories.
Great Time Travel Stories.......2003-01-31
And the Groom Wore Tulle - Lynn Kurland -This short story follows Ian MacLeod from the Scottish Highlands dungeon of his arch enemy William Ferguson in 1313 to the backroom of a bridal boutique in New York city 1999. Ian MacLeod was thought to be dead and in disposing of his body, the knaves dropped him off in just the right forest that contained the portal to the future and his kinsman, Jamie MacLeod - only geographically he ended up thousands of miles off the mark but thankfully with a young woman who after her initial shock, took him in and would help him find his way home - somewhat the same way he would find his way into her heart. Fast, and amusing tale, highly entertaining. 4*
The Con and The Crusader - Maggie Shayne - This was a real cute story of a consummate con man, Jack McCain, about to be blown away by the mob, jumps into a well, and swears if he gets one last chance to mend his ways, he will `work' as hard as he can for a living. Naturally, this is a `time machine' well and he ends up 100 years in the past where `hard work' is a way of life. He is picked up by the local sheriff and herded along with a prison work gang until the widow Hawkins, needing a handyman and not able to hire one, uses a little used rule where a woman could save a man from prison if he wanted to marry her. Well, getting married was not in this con man's agenda but it sure beats prison and before he new it his heart was captured! 3-1/2*
A Bride Most Common - Angie Ray - I really liked this one, where the time travel was planned with a unique way of transporting a person's consciousness into a person on the verge of dying in another time, namely Regency England. The plain, short, but quite intelligent Lucy Taylor was hurtled back into the beautiful but impoverished Lady Cynthia's body just as she was about to take her wedding vows! Not quite revived from the transformation, she found herself agreeing to be married. Now she had a month to build an antique radio, right a mistake that could change environmental hazards, and put off consummating a marriage to a perfectly handsome studmuffin that was her husband! 4*
Conyn's Bride - Ingrid Weaver - On the eve of her wedding, Alanna Moore, museum curator, slips on an old bracelet she is cataloging, and is trying to get some last minute details completed when the lights go out and out of nowhere appears this handsome hunk, dressed in little more than leather pants, and a cloak who calls her by name and knows everything there is to know about her. He is Conan ap Rhys and he is back to wed her. - This was a delight and thoroughly enjoyable. I loved the poetically sensual dialog Conan uses as he tries to convince Alanna of their past love. Great story. 5*
Very good stories.......2000-06-15
AND THE GROOM WORE TULLE BY Lynn Kurland is about Ian Mc'Cloud, cousin to Jamie. Having found himself in his enemy's dungeon waiting to die, Ian is transported 700 into the future. THE CON AND THE CRUSADER BY Maggie Shayne is about a con man who jumps down a well when he is being chased by some people who want to kill him. He promises to work as hard as he can if he can get away from them. After he jumps down the well he wakes to find himself in the past. A BRIDE MOST COMMON BY Angie Ray is about Lucy who is sent back in time by her empolyer and finds herself in the body of Cynthia Randal and about to be married to Kieran Walcott. She is sent back in time to correct a mistake that will have a devistating effect on the wildlife of the future. CONYN'S BRIDE BY Ingrid Weaver is about a man who has traveled hundreds of years in the future to find his long- lost bride. When he does find her she is about to marry another man. These four stories are all wonderfull if a little on the short side. They could all have been given there own book each. Well done.
One of these deserves 5*'s the rest are pretty average........2000-05-04
Veils of Time is similar to most anthologies. At least most that I've read. Two of the stories are painfully average, one is good with the final being outstanding. Few authors can create a full fledged love story in less than 100 pages and as a result most of these left me feeling less than satisfied with the too rushed outcome.
Lynn Kurland's "And The Groom Wore Tulle" is a good story if you're looking for a laugh. It's about a 1313 Scotsman who time-travels to 1999 (just don't ask me how because I still can't figure it out). He meets the heroine who immediately takes him home (hey, this is a short story so things have to move unbelievably *fast*). The heroine is of the doormat variety and the story is light on logic and romance development but nonetheless it's still a fun read.
The Con & the Crusader by Maggie Shayne doesn't fare quite so well. It's about a con man who gets flung back in time (this time at least it's explained!) and saved from life in the slammer when the heroine rescues him by offering her hand in marriage. She quickly proceeds to turn this criminal into a hardworking family man. Sorry, I just didn't buy his quick reformation and Jack was just too smarmy to fit my idea of a hero. This one is my least favorite of the anthology because of its predictability and over-the-top sweetness.
A Bride Most Common by Angie Ray starts out great but peters out by the end because it becomes overstuffed with plot threads. Lucy gets sent back in time by her kindly old boss to correct an error. She awakens holding the hand of a regency hunk and quickly discovers that she's no longer in her own body and is married to the dude! Like I said, this one starts out great with lots of wit and charm but quickly becomes bogged down with other less interesting stuff and I lost interest.
Conyn's Bride by Ingrid Weaver is my favorite. The heroine, an antiquities dealer, finds a gorgeous Celtic bracelet in one of her shipments and can't resist slipping it on her wrist and, boy, does her life ever change for the better! Suddenly a gorgeous man appears professing his undying to love to her. He insists he's been traveling far and wide to find her and that she is long lost bride. She's excited (who wouldn't be?) but soon learns that he's only bumped his head _really_ hard and is more than a little bit confused. Or is he? This story works on all levels and is simply charming. It's very romantic, super funny, sensual and may even evoke a tear from a few readers.
Best Time Travel anthology ever!.......1999-08-06
Okay I love everything Lynn Kurland has ever written, "And The Groom Wore Tulle" is no exception. A continuation of Ian MacLeod's character (Jamie's Cousin) from "A Dance Through Time" (I recommend you read this first), this tale is hysterical. A mediaval Scottish warrior, and fabled lover, finds he's spoiled one virgin too many and winds up in the dungeon of his worst enemy. Thinking he is going to die, he wishes he could have found the way to the future and his cousin Jamie. Upon passing out the enemy's cohorts think he's dead and deposit him back on MacCleod land in the midst of the magical faery ring which transports him to 20th century NYC in the storage room of a bridal shop full of wedding dress, just waiting for the woman of his dreams to discover him and decide that he's INSANE! Thinking he's in heaven he dons one of the gowns (his angel robe no doubt) and things just get funnier from there. Maggie Shayne is probably best known for her vampire stories, so she's no stranger to paranormal romance. In this story, "The Con and the Crusader", a boy who's spent his life avoiding work has grown up into a conman. Having a shred of scruples left he doesn't con good folk only criminal types. When arrested by the police as a possible crime witness he is caught in the crossfire as the now wise criminals catch up with him. He escapes, still handcuffed and dives into a wishing well. As he falls he promises God he will work hard from now on, if only he survives this experience. Be careful what you wish for! He lands in the prison yard in a time gone by and is being perused by a beautiful older woman, a widow with two wards, who is decided upon making an inmate her husband to save her farm and the room over the children's heads in exchange for his freedom. It's a sweet story as love reforms him. Angie Ray's "Bride Most Common" is a tale about a time machine. The heroine is a scientist, her boss has invented a time machine, the time traveller enter's a dead body at the moment of death and carries on from there. Unfortunately his feckless relative, who tested the machine, freaked at the major bullet wound he finds in his new body and doesn't complete his task thereby changing history, Pollution is rampant, many species of animals are going extinct. The heroine must go back and fix things. To her surprise she finds herself the in the role of the bride in a marriage of convenience. It isn't long before the groom realizes this isn't the cold woman he thought would let him live his life in peace. He is drawn to her and she to him, but here's the catch he has to die to save the future and she has to return home. Whatever will they do?
Ingrid Weaver's "Conyn's Bride" is by far the best story of all. The heroine is a museum expert. She is cataloging a shipment of Celtic antiquities when a box bursts open and suddenly she is faced with an authentic Celtic warrior who claims to be her long lost fiancee. A Sleeping Beauty story of sorts, one of timeless love. You see he left his love behind to do his duty, only to return as she has decided to go to him, she drowns in a flooding river as he watches unable to save her life. He feels his own life is ended but a woman of magic tells him that he will have another chance with his soulmate in another time, another place. He knows his heart's mate at once but will he convince this woman that he is the love of HER life?
Fabulous collection of stories, I hope they will do others. ~ Leslie Tramposch - Pghromance
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Appreciation of Otis' book.......2005-09-02
Otis' book is important for the perception of events of the past 30 years. Even though published in 1991, it is amazingly current in light of events which have developed since then. It is an important book for Christians to read to enlarge their comprehension of the significance behind world events.
Extremely well done!.......2003-11-06
In his book, Last of the Giants, George Otis Jr. leads the reader deep into the heart of modern day Islam (within the context of the 1990's) This is a meticulously well documented account of the three forces that are moving in the earth today: Materialism, Hinduism and Islam. It is an important read not only to place the church today in a timeline of the book of Revelation, but to expose Western Christianity to the reality of the spirit realm and the nature of aggressive Islam. This book is not about demonizing Muslims. It is about equipping the praying church how to wage informed intercession. Although some of the details are dated, such as the fall of communism, that does not negate the insight relayed through the authors study. The first nine chapters are devoted to the author's in-depth research both historical and contemporary on Islam as a worldwide movement. The last two chapters tie together the belief that we are not waging war against flesh and blood but powers and principalities. Therefore, the author encourages the reader to respond to his message through prayer or missions to this unreached people group.
Want to understand more about Sept. 11? Read this book!.......2002-01-30
Actually, I would recommend reading Otis' The Twilight Labyrinth first, which gives the background on the roots of spiritual darkness, then read The Last of the Giants.
Both books were invaluable in helping me understand the true causes of the turmoil in Central Asia and the thinking that led to the events of September 11, 2001.
I can't give the book 5 stars for a couple of reasons. First, at times, Otis is not easy to read. Better editing would have helped. Secondly, Otis mentions the dangers of materialism in American society, but fails to elaborate much on this topic. Since materialism seems to be one of the reasons Muslims are so offended by the West, more information on the spiritual implications of materialism and consumerism would have added to the value of this book.
Read something else if you want to learn about Islam.......2000-12-01
Please pick up another book if you're wanting to understand the interactions between Islam and Christianity. There are many good books for understanding about Islam, and other books for those who wish to love Muslims from a Christian perspective. This is neither. It displays poor scholarship and recapitulates classic Western stereotypes of Islam which hearken back to the crusades. I give it two stars because there is some helpful information present on spiritual mapping, but unfortunately to those unfamiliar with Islam and Muslim-Christian dialogue, they will be lead further astray from a true understanding of the Middle East. I would recommend Muslims and Christians on the Emmaus Road by Dudley Woodberry as a very engaging and informative alternative.
More relevant in 1998 than when first published in 1992.
.......1998-02-14
The Last of the Giants combines two rare qualities for books considering biblical prophecies and middle east events: use of a reasoned scholarship and use of a subjunctive mood.
Otis brings plausibility to the spiritual mapping movement by painting spiritual dynamics with broad strokes that cover the entire 10/40 window. One may or may not agree with his assessments, but they cannot be ignored or easily dismissed.
Must reading for the 1990's.
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- An Enduring Timeless Story
- Looking for depth ? Start with BTVOT !
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Beyond The Veils Of Time
Selenna
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Release Date: 2005-01-12 |
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This is the story of Morgan's personal mission - a spiritual odyssey that takes the reader into the inner dimension. . . beyond the illusion of the physical realm. It is a compelling quest of intimacy in relationship that leads Morgan and her soul family into the ultimate union with the Divine.
Throughout their journey, they encounter many archetypal guides from the spirit realm who assist them in their learning. One such being is Isis, who reveals to Morgan the moment in Atlantis when the feelings of fear and separation began.
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An Enduring Timeless Story.......2005-11-13
Selenna in her book BTVOT writes about the importance of relationships as catalysts to spiritual evolution. Through intimacy, love and sex her characters learn to face their fears and grow into beings of light.
The main story in Selenna's tale is one that follows the woman Morgan from before her birth until her (what might be called) enlightenment. Morgan's journey is compared to the well known characters of Arthur's tales and the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt. The dynamics of the characters in Selenna's story shows us clearly the pitfalls of fear that create war and the steppingstones of love that create peace.
The journey in BTVOT, in fact, can be seen as a continuous one. It can be seen as a continuing saga of the reincarnated Gods and Goddesses of Egypt. The Gods continue there incarnations as the Arthurian characters and then into the present, or near future time as the characters of Morgan and her companions. The mystery of this journey is that all these characters are archetypal representations of ourselves and show us our own journey through time and through life.
Morgan's journey through the mists of relationship and spiritual evolution take her to an important place beyond a current paradigm of relationship - Monogamy. Her family is one that is spiritual and as such goes beyond the veils of fear and jealousy. In a world where divorce, spousal abuse, alienation and serial monogamy are more prevalent than successful marriages it is important to become aware that there are alternative ways to love and create family. Sellena gives us a peek at what honest, open, spiritual relationships should look like and a path that will lead us towards our goal of spiritual fulfillment.
Looking for depth ? Start with BTVOT !.......2005-08-06
Selenna's book is just an amazing read !
Morgan's struggles and ultimate growth
are life lessons that I think will touch
almost any reader very deeply - the
archetypes present in the story have
been present since before the recorded
history of our species, and are
critically important ones for people all
over the planet to visit and consider.
One possible warning: this is NOT light
reading ! Readers seeking a placid story
for bedtime will not find it here.
It touches so many deep subjects and
places in such a visionary manner that
it is almost impossible to set it down.
The experience of this work is a very
personal one - not only was that my
experience, but also the experience of
those I have shared this book with.
From what I know of the author, she has
continued to grow through her writing
and as a result the later works are well
worth the reader's time, and I highly
recommend this author and her works.
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Time is a matrix that binds man with God as well as acting as a temporal veil shielding Him from view. Understanding the nature of the veil and the implications of its piercing enables a strengthening of faith. The establishment of a spiritual relationship with God is facilitated by emphasizing its rationality. The gamut between faith and reason is spanned lightly but with reflection. Examples are humor as a manipulation of time and salvation as an atemporal event. Theological positions are avoided although theological implications of an atemporal God are addressed. References range from St. Augustine to Tom Clancy; Stephen Hawking to Mortimer Adler; Martin Heidegger to C.S. Lewis.
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Within the Veil: An Adventure in Time
Ruth Lee
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This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Thomson Gale on November 27, 2006. The length of the article is 858 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Behind the veil debate: the British debate over full-face veils worn by some Muslim women raises a bigger issue: how well are Muslims assimilating in Great Britain and the rest of Europe?(INTERNATIONAL)
Author: Alan Cowell
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New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 27, 2006
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Volume: 139
Issue: 6
Page: 22(2)
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- 1001 Cartoon-Style Illustrations
- The centering book: Awareness activities for children, parents, and teachers
- The alpine flowers of Britain and Europe
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Life Is Elsewhere
Identity: A Novel
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
Immortality (Perennial Classics)
