The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Common...
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Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation f...
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A co-producer of ''Nanking,'' an intimate U.S. documentary about
the 1937 Japanese occupation of the city, now known as Nanjing, has
expressed hopes that the film, which uses only firsthand a...
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FEATURE: 'Nanking' filmmaker hopes film can connect young Chinese, Japanese
