Epinions Recent Reviews for charlatan

Change your tune.

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:22:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlatan - Sure, we all want a bit of style in our Hi-Fi systems. No matter how futuristic or revolutionary they claimed to be, those big, silver-and-black, boxy-type things always looked awkward and silly sitting on your bookshelf.

The Panasonic...

Mental Cartography

Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:44:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlatan - Few books are able to chart the course of the mind.

In The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald succeeds in a form of mental cartography. During a walk through the East Anglia countryside, the narrator explores more than just the terrain. He...

Harper's Magazine: Preferred by the Muses

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 07:09:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlatan - In the three years following its 1933 inception, Esquire sold 10 million copies. It featured stories by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Albert Camus and John Steinbeck, among countless others. Demand fell, however, and the format was changed to...

Seattle Times: Changing Times

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:02:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author charlatan - The Seattle Times' claim to journalistic fame is that it is still family owned and operated in this era of big business and media mergers. And, in some cases, it has succeeded in accurate and unbiased reporting while retaining its energy, unlike the...

dolce stil nuovo

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:36:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlatan - Exile, whether self-inflicted or politically decreed, has always been an attractive state for a writer; perhaps it is too easily romanticized. With his first novel, 'The Emigrants,' W.G. Sebald (himself a German emigre living in Manchester, England) has...