Since childhood, Elif Batuman has sought to find in literature “a direct relevance to lived experience, especially to love.” After his doctoral dissertation at Stanford, which explored how Russian writers turn experience into art, his first book was “The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them”, a collection of quirky and …
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May 15, 2022 11:25 a.m. ET A manuscript of “Beowulf” from c. 1000 AD in the British Library in London. Photo: Getty Images Thank you for one of your wonderful book reviews. On your pages, I find books that other more “trendy” reviewers largely ignore. This one, “The Wordhord” by Hana Videen, reviewed by Henry …
The getaway pays off for Disney, SAY -2.29% although the entertainment giant itself cannot completely free itself from the world it inhabits. Disney’s second-quarter fiscal results released Wednesday afternoon beat Wall Street estimates in key business areas such as streaming, national theme parks and television advertising. Revenue for the second fiscal quarter ended April 2 …
The getaway pays off for Disney, SAY -2.29% although the entertainment giant itself cannot completely free itself from the world it inhabits. Disney’s second-quarter fiscal results released Wednesday afternoon beat Wall Street estimates in key business areas such as streaming, national theme parks and television advertising. Revenue for the second fiscal quarter ended April 2 …
