Since war’s end, the economic health of the world’s currencies has been measured by the fever chart of unofficial gold prices. As people lost faith in their currencies and the financial condition of ...
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In "The Fever Chart," characters from Palestine, Israel and Iraq deal with trying to establish connections amid turbulent times. All of the characters are lonely and alienated, making their various ...
Somewhere, but I knew not where—somehow, but I knew not how—by some beings, but I knew not by whom—a battle, a strife, an agony . . . was evolving. . . . I had the power, and yet had not the power, to ...
It’s a raining Saturday night as Britain settles down to watch The X-Factor. Yet behind the Guadi-inspired bar area of York’s Theatre Royal, three individuals are about to perform Naomi Wallace’s ...