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Title: Esfera.(TT: Sphere)
Author: Pedro Crespo
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 6, 1998
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Title: Los hijos de la calle.(TT: Street Children)
Author: Mario Saavedra
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: March 27, 1997
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v43Issue: n2284Page: p78(2)

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Title: "American Buffalo".
Author: Pedro Crespo
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 9, 1996
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Title: El cuarto poder.(TT: The Fourth Power)
Author: Mario Saavedra
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: August 27, 1998
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v45Issue: n2358Page: p81(1)

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Title: The unbearable perils of being: 'Vera Drake' looks at women's dilemmas; 'I [heart] Huckabees' examines existential angst.(Movies)(Movie Review)
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Title: Mucho ruido y pocas nueces: Tribunal en fuga: predecible como aburrida.(Reseña de película)
Author: Mario Saavedra
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
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Title: Acción, drama comedia para despedir verano.(cinema)(TT: Action, comic drama to bid farewell to summer.)(TA: cinema)(Reseña)
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Title: Mad City.
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Title: Gente.(notas sobre personalidades internacionales; 27 de abril de 1998)(TT: People.)(TA: briefs on international figures; Apr 27, 1998)
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Many people will object-some have already objected-to the subject of this book. It is an offence to some to take a ghost too seriously; with others it is a still greater offence not to take ghosts seriously enough. One set of objections can be paired off against the other; neither objection has very solid foundation. The time has surely come when the fair claim of ghosts to the impartial attention and careful observation of mankind should no longer be ignored. In earlier times people believed in them so much that they cut their acquaintance; in later times people believe in them so little that they will not even admit their existence. Thus these mysterious visitants have hitherto failed to enter into that friendly relation with mankind which many of them seem sincerely to desire.
'...he is running in an opposite direction to the horse in many circuits--not on any footpaths. He wears a cap and grey clothes--light--has long coarse brown hair, which has not been cut for a long time--grey-blue eyes--treacherous looks--great dark brown beard--he is accustomed to work on the land. I believe he has cut his right hand. He has a scar or a streak between his thumb and forefinger. He is suspicious and a coward.
"'The murderer's home is a red wooden house, standing a little way back from the road. On the ground-floor is a room which leads into the kitchen, and from that again into the passage. There is also a larger room which does not communicate with the kitchen. The church of Wissefjerda is situated obliquely to your right when you are standing in the passage.
"'His motive was enmity; it seems as if he had bought something--taken something--a paper. He went away from home at daybreak, and the murder was committed in the evening.'
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Excellent edition and state of the book. Pure magic
Much bigger and exciting than the film, it should be a compulsory read in high schools. The best charater construction I have enjoyed in several years.

The Book and the Movie
A better critique would inform us of how accurate this book was to someone dealing with gay issues then; and that's important, as it was written before gays were visible, allowed to be visible, and so the author is writing this in a matter-of fact way that I find curious. The movie was more in-your-face, and my favorite movie of all time, but the book deals with a young man who hasn't figured much of it out yet, without the 50s or 60s background the movie gives us. It's uncommon to find gay anything these days without it having some sort of activism momentum to it, and the lack of it in the book "Midnight Cowboy" makes the writing humble honest,and naive, and the author brave, without him knowing this story would eventually change our culture.

Revisiting Joe Buck
If you think that seeing the classic film is enough, please think again. The novel reveals dimensions of "cowboy" Joe Buck's personality and experience of the world that would be difficult to fully express on film. Read part one of the novel, pause reading, then watch or re-watch the film and you'll experience Joe in a whole new way. Continue reading afterward and you'll experience Joe and Ratso's friendship more profoundly.

Midnight Cowboy is one of those rare and wonderful instances in which novel and film are on artistic par.

A subtle attack on American values
Not being an expert on the modern American novel, I'm reluctant to state that "Midnight Cowboy" is one of the great American novels, but I will, anyway. It's vastly superior to the film, a shallow and perverse adaptation. (Please see my Amazon review.)

Herlihy's characters are so vividly realistic, and his writing so elegantly simple, that one is not immediately aware that the story is an attack on American society's grossly materialistic "values".

The ending leaves the reader hanging. Joe has decided to abandon prostitution, to find a regular job and get Ratso the treatment he needs, but before he can do any of these things, Ratso dies. Lacking another human being to help -- and thus, no unselfed purpose in life -- what will Joe do?

The implication is that Joe will fall back into a life of aimless prostitution (he's learned enough to know how to turn tricks), as he no longer has the motive -- a sincere personal relationship -- for changing. If Herlihy _wanted_ Joe to be "saved", would he not have shown it?

Herlihy might be suggesting that we are what we are, and it is almost impossible to change our values. But that is perhaps reading too much into the novel's intent. Nevertheless, this is hardly an "uplifting" story. One might even interpret it as cyncial.

However you interpret it, "Midnight Cowboy" is an exceptional novel, one of those rare books that rewards the time spent reading it. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

As much as I liked the movie...
...this novel is far, far superior! A truly great exploration of human loneliness and the desire for companionship. Quite funny and bizarre in parts, too. ... Read more

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Playbill: Volume 3, November 1968, Issue 11: Plaza Suite, The Plymouth Theatre (Maureen Stapleton and E. G. Marshall). Paperback. 72 pages. Stapled binding. Articles: "Backward Glances" by Pauline Saltzman; "Dustin Hoffman Talks About Success" interviewed by Joan Alleman Rubin; "Sardi's Outside" by Walter Spencer; "'Uncle Firecracker'" (Harold Clurman) by Diana Barth; "Man's Best Dog" by Carol Schwalberg; "On a Personal Bias" by Bernice Peck; and "Theatre Scene" by Walter Winchell. ... Read more

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The Cover Story: Scarlett Johansson by John Travolta, Photographs by Albert Watson, The Music Interview: Gavin Rossdale by Gary Oldman, The Breakout Actress Interview: Michelle Monaghan by Charlize Theron, The Legend Interview: Shirley MacLain by Jennifer Aniston, The Fashion Feature: Cocteau Hour, The Back in the Ring Interview: Mickey Rourke by Julian Schnabel, The Scene-Stealer Interview: Catherine Keener by Sarah Vowell, The Showstopper Interview: Usher by Veronica Webb, November Surprise Portfolio: The Women - Evelyn Lauder photographs the ladies who bring us a blast from the past, and much more! ... Read more

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LIFE Magazine - November 20, 1970 - CO-ED Dorms: Rod Singler & Cindy Stewart Cover - Stories: The grandeur of de Gaulle / A 3 week trip up El Capitan / The Isolation of a King (King Hussein) / Meet Shaky, the first electronic person / The Old Age of Dustin Hoffman : Little Big Man - Plus more - VG Condition - Collectible ... Read more