{"id":31386,"date":"2012-05-11T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=31386"},"modified":"2012-05-11T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T20:16:02","slug":"what-were-loving-janacek-cooke-and-literary-booze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/11\/what-were-loving-janacek-cooke-and-literary-booze\/","title":{"rendered":"What We\u2019re Loving: Jan\u00e1cek, Cooke, and Literary Booze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julep-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Julep\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julep-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julep-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julep.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a>My brother-in-law described <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balletdocumentary.com\/\"><em>First Position<\/em><\/a> as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0334405\/\"><em>Spellbound<\/em><\/a> without the hard words. He meant that in a good way. This story of six kids in training for an international ballet competition is just as touching and absorbing\u2014and almost as funny\u2014as Jeffrey Blitz\u2019s 2002 documentary about the national spelling bee. <strong>\u2014Lorin Stein<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nI saw Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metoperafamily.org\/opera\/makropulos-case-janacek-tickets.aspx\"><em>The Makropulos Case<\/em><\/a> on Saturday, and three-plus hours standing has never gone by so quickly. Based on Karel \u010capek\u2019s popular 1922 play of the same name (sidenote: \u010capek gave us the word <em>robot<\/em> as we know it), it\u2019s the tragicomic tale of a labyrinthian legal case, a man-eating diva, and the elixir of life. (Intimations of the decline of European aristocracy are in there, too.) The score\u2014and the chatty libretto, for that matter\u2014stand alone, but Karita Mattila\u2019s performance (in what is considered one of the toughest soprano showcases) is worth seeing. <strong>\u2014Sadie Stein<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/9781565124820\/\">Hemingway &#038; Bailey\u2019s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers<\/a><\/em> not only instructs us on how to get tipsy (or rip-roaring drunk) on William Faulkner\u2019s favorite mintjuleps or Raymond Chandler\u2019s companion gimlet, it also offers us whimsical fodder for our perfect boozy daydreams: \u201cImagine a warm summer evening out on the shore of Long Island\u2014say a party at Gatsby\u2019s house, the bartenders serving up light, refreshing Gin Rickeys as the jazz band swings.\u201d Yes, please! (Drinking stories and famous imbibing passages included.) <strong>\u2014Elizabeth Nelson <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For fans of Soviet-era sci-fi, Olena Bormashenko\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5908702\/a-new-translation-of-the-one-russian-science-fiction-novel-you-absolutely-must-read\">new translation<\/a> of Russian classic <em>Roadside Picnic<\/em> is being published this month. The book was originally written by brothers Arkady and Boris Stugatsky in the 1970s, but took eight years to get past Soviet censors unscathed and has been out of print in the English for three decades. Now it\u2019s finally back on the shelves, and judging by the praise Bormashenko has received for her work, it\u2019s in excellent shape. The hero of <em>Picnic<\/em> is a \u201cstalker,\u201d or a go-to guy in the black market of alien technologies that appeared on Earth after the perplexing and ancient \u201cVisit.\u201d And yes, it is the \u201cstalker\u201d of <em>Roadside Picnic<\/em> that served as inspiration for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079944\/\">spellbinding film<\/a> by Andrei Tarkovsky. <strong>\u2014Allison Bulger<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cduniverse.com\/productinfo.asp?pid=1111890\"><em>Sam Cooke\u2014Greatest Hits<\/em><\/a>: Here is a singer too often overlooked in the great expanse of pop classics. You can have your ol\u2019 blue eyes, I\u2019ve got nothing against him. You can have your Bing and your Brown. All I need is a little bit o\u2019 Cooke. I\u2019ve been listening to this CD every minute of every day. 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