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European stocks edged higher Monday amid hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve will step in to support the American economy with additional stimulus measures, following Friday's weak September jobs report.
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Stock investors in Europe built on Friday's gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose above 11000 for the first time in almost six months. At the same time, market participants anticipate a solid batch of third-quarter earnings out of the U.S. this week, with Intel, INTC -0.50 % J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -0.41 % and Google all set to report.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.4% at 263.20. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 closed 0.3% higher at 5672.40, Germany's DAX gained 0.3% to 6309.51 and France's CAC-40 closed 0.1% higher at 3768.49.
"If we get some great earnings from both Intel and J.P. Morgan this week, this could certainly give the markets a second wind to the upside, as traders could take this as setting a positive tone for the third-quarter earnings season as a whole," said Giles Watts, head of equities at City Index.
Ahead of the U.S. earnings—Intel reports Tuesday, J.P. Morgan Wednesday and Google Thursday—trading was subdued.
After spending most of the day in positive territory, the Dow was down 22 points, or 0.2% at 10984 in late trading. Bond markets and federal offices were closed for the Columbus Day holiday.
In currency markets, the euro was at 1.3870 in late-afternoon trading, down from $1.3929 late Friday. The euro was at 113.8600 yen from 114.3300 yen, while the dollar was at 82.10 yen, little changed from 82.08 yen.
In Asia, stocks ended mostly higher, boosted by the positive session in the U.S. Friday. Coal and metal stocks led the Chinese markets higher, while miners buoyed Australia's benchmark index to a five-month high.
Gold for December delivery jumped $9.10 to $1,353.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while light, sweet, crude for November delivery fell 45 cents to $82.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
On Tuesday, economic data in Europe should offer indexes some direction, with German and U.K. consumer price inflation as well as U.K. trade balance, all set for release. Tuesday's highlight is expected to be the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Sept. 21.
In major market action: Financial stocks were mostly higher amid hopes for further economic stimulus from the U.S. Fed. Shares of Standard Chartered gained 2.1% in London and ING ING -0.91 % traded up 0.4% in Amsterdam.
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Bobby's Burger Palace (BBP), celebrity chef Bobby Flay's version of a classic burger joint from days gone by, will officially open at Dadeland Mall on Friday, December 6, after months of anticipation.
BBP will be located in Dadeland's new wing, on the second level (directly above the Microsoft store).
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Beatlemania swept the nation in the '60s and never truly left. As John Lennon once said, "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus." Offensive? Maybe. Controversial? Completely. But hey — how many albums has Jesus sold? Unfortunately, since Lennon's life was taken, future generations are unable to get the full Beatles experience. Until now. At 7:30 p.m., "Yesterday and Today — The Interactive Beatles Experience" transforms the Miniaci Performing Arts Center (3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) into a haven for Beatles lovers. Connecting the audience with the band, this tribute concert is like no other. Audience members are encouraged to tell personal stories and yell out song titles, ensuring that no set lists are ever the same. Tickets cost $25 to $35 and can be purchased by visiting miniacipac.com.
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The strange, elliptical movies of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang (The Hole, What Time Is It There?) defy encapsulation. A description of The River will tell you about a female elevator operator, her pornography-selling lover, and her husband who goes to gay bathhouses. Her unhappy scooter-riding son runs into an actress he knew a few years earlier; she brings him to the set of a movie she's working on, where the young man gets a role as a corpse floating in a river. But none of that amounts to a plot in any conventional sense, and that summary doesn't capture the slow but hypnotic pace of Tsai's movies, or how the seemingly ordinary images will burn themselves into your memory. The lack of conventional action will frustrate some viewers, but others will find deadpan humor and an eerie cinematic poetry. --Bret Fetzer
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The father has a completely ordinary life during the day (however we never actually learn what he does for a living), and leads a secret life at night roaming Taipei's gay bathhouses. As a B-plot, dad is on a mission to stop his bedroom ceiling from leaking water from the apartment above him.
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You will find none of this in this movie, but it is certainly worth viewing and once you understand the reason for the lack of interaction between characters, it does make sense.
Another aspect that makes the movie difficult is the long scenes when nothing is happening on the screen. That was the director's approach.
The family is totally disfunctional as a unit. The parents never speak to each other, they all eat alone, and they function in their own little worlds with virtually no emotion.
Even sex is random with no emotions attached.
After the encounter between the son and the father, no one speaks of it and life continues on as before. There is no resolution to anything. That is the horror of the whole movie.
What we see is three people living in the same small apartment who are almost completely estranged from each other, rarely speaking, deeply bored and reaching out for human contact through occasional moments of illicit and unsatisfying encounters. The absence of familial affection and the emptiness of its substitutes are brought together in a final ironic incident between father and son.
Water, the bringer of life and purification, is instead a menacing presence in the film - from a polluted river to a leaky ceiling that seems unrepairable. Winner of many awards when it was released, the film is a troubling portrayal of modern urban life. While its long, slow scenes require some patience from the viewer, there is much to ponder as the closing credits begin to crawl - and for hours afterward.
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Ex-show girl Bunny Reid has decided to have a pet cat show and a speed-dating meeting at her bowling alley while her son is out of town. It has caused an influx of people and an attack on one of the judges who has insulted one of the owner's cat! The judge is extremely nasty and sarcastic to everyone, but this owner, a not normal person who has conversations with God, acts! Skye Denison, school psychologist, is called to come do something! She stops the attack.
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As explained in our book, Build Your Own Barrel Oven, these are optional and a barrel oven can be built with a narrow opening for the fire chamber and cut rebar for a grate.
You can also employ a "rocket" style combustion chamber which eliminates the need for additional hardware:
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This Barrel Oven establishes a visual and functional centerpoint for the Portland Waldorf School's "Living Labs" program. A wooden structure and countertops are planned to protect and complement the oven. We will hope to update this post as the oven and its surroundings evolve.
This Barrel Oven features Firespeaking's large size barrel oven: 24″ diameter, 32″ length, which we are preparing for production. We are currently producing the medium-sized barrel ovens: 20″ diameter, 25″ length.
This Barrel Oven employs the technique used in masonry heater construction of creating a "double skin" by having an inside layer of masonry that is separated from the outside layer in order to hide any of the stresses from thermal expansion in the inside layer. In this case, we have also used this technique to experiment with the use of IFBs, insulative fire brick, in the vault to focus heat exchange into the metal cylinder rather than into the surrounding masonry.
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This heater was built as part of the Sustainable Shelter Workshop Series at Aprovecho. It completely turned around the residents' experience of their home in winter time. Their previous propane heater provided a "wet" heat that also didn't reach the outlying bedrooms causing mold issues. The design is a Cabin Stove with heated bench. The design borrows from both the tradition of masonry cookstoves as well as the modern phenomenon of rocket mass heaters with heated cob benches.
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The Harlan Cabin Stove was built during a two-day workshop in December 2015. While I am very happy with it architecturally, it is an iteration of the design that shows it still needs some fine tuning.
I suspect that we need to tighten the gap beneath the metal of the cooktop in order to get more heat to rub off on the cooktop and provide immediate heat. Also, it is likely that reducing the thickness of the cook plate from the current 3/8″ to 5/16″ or 1/4″ will provide more response.
This iteration demonstrates that the so-called "Sidewinder" combustion box still needs tweaking. There is a lot of mass around the fire before it hits the cooktop. Using insulative refractory materials out of the wear zone is one possible improvement. Burning wood in our current wood stove at home as well as a recent repair on a state of the art German kacheloven firebox is solidifying my understanding of the differences between an underfire "oxidizing" air source and side and over-fire air which is good once gasification has been reached. Our next iteration will be in our own shop and I will try to combine both elements. Stay tuned.
The complete masonry plans for this stove are currently offered for sale as The Cabin Stove Plan Set. As this is an open-source development project, the price of the plans actually serves as a pledge of support in helping us to continue to develop this "cookstove" / "masonry heater" hybrid. You can think of a purchase as helping to buy bricks, coffee and welding wire for the next iteration we will build and to have time to document step-by-step photos. Go for it!
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"Eva is fluent with her materials and in my experience her expertise is not just in craft but also in teaching. She is warm, patient, and always has an eye on the process. In the workshop I took I learned so much about the versatility, character, and beauty of natural finishes. Can't wait to take another workshop soon!" -Eli Stein
"I have taken a few finishing classes and have worked with Eva. She has fantastic color intuition and is patient and helpful to clients. As an instructor, her explanations are clear and to the point–she had me making plaster and smoothing it on the wall within an hour. I have also helped her make natural paints and had the pleasure of painting with natural, clay based paint and it was such a nice experience! The paint spread smooth and thick without the smells of traditional, chemical paints. The best part about using and working with natural finishes is not being exposed to dangerous chemicals. With Eva's expertise and clear explanations, you'll learn how to do things yourself, so when you get tired of a color after several years, you can take on the project and make the magic happen!" -Alex Tomaselli
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"Learning from and working with Eva Edleson is simply a joy. Eva's playful energy, creative artistry, inspiring leadership is supported by her rich depth of experience working with natural building materials and methods. As a student of Eva's, you will learn about raw materials, recipes and applications. And as a fellow seeker of knowledge she will support your journey to build your own relationship with these materials that will allow you freedom to create your own unique beauty."
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In this informative course you will learn how to source, prepare and apply natural ingredients to make many beautiful finishes. These techniques can be applied to a variety of surfaces including cob and straw-bale buildings, cement, brick, wood, even drywall and latex paint! Homeowners, interior decorators and artists enjoy being able to make and apply these healthy finishes successfully to both interior and exterior walls.
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You will make and go home with sample boards and a booklet with recipes of all the techniques. We will also be applying a durable clay paint onto a room of interior walls which are made of drywall and currently coated with conventional latex paint. Learn how to make and apply the following techniques in a myriad of colors:
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The clay, straw, wood, manure, and milk for these finishes all came from onsite at this beautiful 320-acre organic farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The main construction of this building was designed and led by Ali Maggio and Christine Deck.
I was hired as the lead and brought on some super talented colleagues Angela Francis, Erica Bush, Emily Jantzen, Alexandra & Nick Tomaselli and Max Edleson. As a team we completed the wall construction, did a fair amount of trimming of cob and bales, finished doors, handles, trim, installed windows, added shelves, sills and benches. There are always so many details to complete before plastering! The interior of the building was then finished with a clay based plaster and painted with an aliz. The exterior plaster was oiled with two coats of Claylin finishing oil.
What a joy it was to work on such a beautiful building at an amazing farm with my friends! And the fact that so many of the materials came from right onsite was very fulfilling.
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Even though we had our doubts, the cherry blossoms are finally blooming and spring weather is here to stay. (The only sad part? No more weekends under down comforters, binge-watching House of Cards and drinking hot tea.) That means it's time to get out of the house and rediscover the District in all its balmy, sunny glory — and what better motivation than an afternoon pop-up shop?
Tomorrow, venture to Columbia Heights for a Cherry Blossom Pop-Up Shop hosted by the ladies behind Carnelian Boutique and DCFunemployment. For a few hours at Coffy Café, you can shop wares from Stella & Dot, Ciao Nina, and Handmade Habitat, for starters, and treat yourself to some caffeinated goodness. Sounds like a perfect Saturday, right?
When: Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Can Democracy Cope?
Version of Record online: 24 OCT 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2011.02260.x
© The Author 2011. The Political Quarterly © The Political Quarterly Publishing Co. Ltd. 2011
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Volume 82, Issue 4, pages 536–545, October-December 2011
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RUNCIMAN, D. (2011), Can Democracy Cope?. The Political Quarterly, 82: 536–545. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2011.02260.x
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The success story of democracy over the twentieth century has given way to doubts in the twenty-first, as democracies struggle to cope with difficult wars, mounting debts, climate change and the rise of China. This essay uses intellectual history to explain the link between long-term democratic success and short-term democratic failure. It distinguishes three distinct views of what can go wrong with democracy, and identifies the third (which I call 'the confidence trap', an idea that originates with Tocqueville) as the key to understanding our present predicament. Democratic success creates blind spots and a reluctance to tackle long-term problems. I use this idea to explain and put in context Fukuyama's claims about the end of history, and to examine the link between democratic failure and market failure.


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An advisory committee for a new president of Roane State Community College has been selected and will meet for the first time Monday, July 9.
The meeting will begin at 12:45 p.m. in the Dunbar Building Faculty Dining Room on the college's main campus in Harriman.
Roane State's current president, Gary Goff, announced in March his plan to retire at the end of October.
Goff had been president of the multi-campus college for seven years.
The new president is expected to be named this fall.
Brace yourself.
If you thought last weekend was hot, you'll likely have a new perspective before this weekend is over.
The National Weather Service is expecting a record-breaking heat wave to build up late this week and temperatures above 100 degrees to be with us through early next week.
Meteorologists issued a special weather statement warning that record high temperatures could be reached Thursday through Sunday.
The culprit is a strong high-pressure system.
A Roane County couple accused of starving their toddler son didn't appear for arraignment Monday.
Instead, Matthew and Amanda Dotson, who are in protective custody at Roane County Jail, are to appear on July 13 on their first-degree murder charges.
District Attorney Russell Johnson said several factors made it difficult to have their arraignment on its original date.
"We had over 100 indictments (this grand jury). I don't know how many got arraigned Monday. It was just a numbers issue," Johnson said.
Rockwood's Aaron Crabtree takes a swing during Dixie Youth AA Tournament action over the weekend at Rockwood. Roane County teams will participate in Dixie Youth tournaments this weekend in Caryville, Spring City, Kingston and Sweetwater.
Every penny is a plus at the Roane County Animal Shelter.
Director John Griffin said that's why the shelter welcomes donations from the community and holds fundraisers throughout the year.
"Our budget covers a lot of needs, but anything else we can get helps," he said.
The department's budget even includes a line item for donations.
"Any donations we get, we truly appreciate," Griffin said.
Roane County Schools is hoping solar-powered speed-zone lights will save money.
In May, the Board of Education voted to install four of the lights at the new Dyllis Springs Elementary School. More could be installed at other schools if the savings is clear.
Board Member Wade McCullough asked maintenance director Robert Jones if he had any record on the reliability of the solar-powered speed-zone lights.
Jones answered no.
Republican state representative candidate Kent Calfee is vowing to move legislation in Nashville for the Roane County Commission if elected.
"If they ask me to, I will," he said.
District 32 state Rep. Julia Hurley, Calfee's opponent in the Aug. 2 Republican primary, said it's misleading to make those kind of declarations.
"Saying you're going to do something and being able to do it are two different things," she said.
A Murfreesboro man traveling eastbound on I-40 through Roane County last week died Monday, June 25, at University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Travis D. Frazier's 2006 Buell motorcycle was struck from the rear by a 1999 Toyota Corolla driven by Avraham M. Solomon, said Trooper Matthew Vespie in his report.
Frazier was pinned under the Corolla.
Solomon and his passenger were both not injured.
No citations or charges were issued. Drug and alcohol tests for Solomon were requested.
Tyler Farmer, the son of former Roane County Executive Mike Farmer, has been indicted by the Roane County grand jury on drug charges.
A sheriff's deputy went to 156 Greystone Way in Kingston to arrest Tyler Farmer on June 20.
"Upon arrival, I made contact with Mr. Farmer in the driveway of the residence," the report on his arrest said. "Mr. Farmer was arrested on an outstanding criminal court capias."
Despite the scary language in a recent resolution, Kingston officials believe a sewer line problem — access to which is blocked by a private garage — can be resolved without incident.
"We've met with the homeowners involved," said City Manager Jim Pinkerton. "I'm hopeful we'll be able to negotiate an arrangement. We're just asking for the authority to do whatever we might need to do."
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Anniversary? Who cares?
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"Who cares if it's your anniversary? she said.
Now, before you get the idea that Jenny is an uncaring spouse, I should tell you that I was talking about my work anniversary. Last Saturday was the first anniversary of my coming to work at the New Albany Gazette.
But it's not the first anniversary of me being the publisher of the paper. That comes Aug. 1. You may remember that I was supposed to be a temp, coming in and keeping the paper operating smoothly while a search was conducted for a new publisher.
By last August, I was supposed to be on my way to do the same thing at Los Alamos, N. M., where there was another publisher vacancy.
Fortunately (at least I think so; I hope you do, too), that didn't happen because the folks who own the paper asked me if I would stay on as publisher, and Jenny and I decided we would like to make our home here.
So, last weekend – on my work anniversary – I was thinking about some of the little things that I really enjoy in New Albany. I even made a list:
• Munching on the bacon cheeseburger at George's Restaurant. It's so good I've never gotten around to ordering the chicken.
• Driving down Bankhead Street and seeing the cars parked in the middle of the street. It makes the town unique.
• Savoring the pepperoni pizza with garlic white sauce at Vainisi's. It's different and special.
• Sitting on a bench at the Park on the River and watching the squirrels and birds going about their daily lives.
• Visiting our public schools, where the educational quality is at a level that discourages the growth of private schools.
• Having the smoked chicken Caesar salad at Union Station, one of my favorite haunts for lunch.
• Attending an event at the Cine Theatre at the Magnolia Civic Center, a venue that is unusual for a town the size of ours.
• Getting an iced tea at McAlister's and bringing it back to work to ward off my afternoon malaise.
• Strolling around our new neighborhood, where several of our neighbors are out for a morning or late afternoon walk.
• Meeting all of you, who have made the first year here so welcoming. New Albany really does live up to the "friendly" part of the town motto.
As I look at the list, I notice that a lot of it has to do with eating. Looking at my waistline, I guess that should come as no surprise.
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It's been a good year. On to No. 2.
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This 2001 novel, Ajvaz's most brilliantly complicated, is a fictional travelogue, part philosophical ethnography and part potboiling fairy tale. -- Jonathan Bolton
Michal Ajvaz is a literary magician creating worlds of worlds, worlds of words, worlds of objects. He is the fantastical baby of Borges and Timothy Leary. He is a cartographer on mescaline. He is Czech.
This 2001 novel, Ajvaz s most brilliantly complicated, is a fictional travelogue, part philosophical ethnography and part potboiling fairy tale. --Jonathan Bolton
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Michal Ajvaz is a Czech novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. In 2005, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for his novel Pra?zdne? ulice (Empty Streets). He is a researcher at Prague's Center for Theoretical Studies. In addition to fiction, he has published an essay on Derrida, a book-length meditation on Borges, and a philosophical study on the act of seeing.
Michal Ajvaz is a Czech novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. In 2005, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for his novel Pra?zdne? ulice (Empty Streets). He is a researcher at Prague's Center for Theoretical Studies. In addition to fiction, he has published an essay on Derrida, a book-length meditation on Borges, and a philosophical study on the act of seeing.
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This dense little book took me much longer to read than I had anticipated by both the length and the description. I expected a light romp through the everyday experiences of the islanders and a longer foray into the "book" around which the island appears to be focused. Instead, I found an intellectual, philosophical, and incredibly thoughtful mock travelogue. The island of which the narrator speaks has an influential method of living, which pervades every aspect of the islanders lives, from their history, to the food that they eat and how they prepare it, to their so-called occupation, to their architecture, etc. This is initially described by the narrator, but as the travelogue proceeds, it becomes ever more apparent how pervasive the islanders' life view is.
The only exception to the islanders' seemingly lackadaisical and irreverent style of living seems to be their "book" -- the one "artform" that appears on the island. The book is what most of the reviews seem to focus on, logically so. Although "the book" itself is not really discussed and experienced until at least halfway through the travelogue, it is the most interesting and even unique aspect of the islanders life. Yet, even though "the book" is not really discussed until later in the travelogue, the first half of the travelogue is clearly necessary as background, so that "the book" is fully understood and appreciated. "The book" itself is interesting, but the tales within are absolutely fascinating. The reader almost feels as if he is losing sight of the beginning of any given tale, as it spins and diverges, but Ajvaz is skilled at bringing his reader full circle -- even if we need to wait a few more pages than is common. The wait, as Ajvaz himself notes, is often worth it, and the tale (within the tale within the tale...) is always rewarding.
Michal Ajvaz is a master at his art and has created a world that operates almost completely outside of most societal norms. He is adamant that he imparts no overall judgment either on the islanders or on the rest of the world, and I was convinced of his assertion. For me, the best parts were the divergent tales, both within "the book" and without. However, although the rest of the travelogue was not as "fun" as those tales, they were interesting and necessary to the whole.
I would not categorize this as "light reading," but I would highly recommend to anyone who is looking for something different, something a little chewy, and something to make you pause and think.
What it all adds up to is another question, of course. The islanders would be befuddled by our search for "meaning" in any of this, which would seem to be at least part of Ajvaz's point. The book is actually quite provocative in its philosophical approach, and calls into question many of the assumptions of Western civilization, directly in its discussion of island life and even more potently through its atypical approach to narrative. In terms of sophistication and importance, Swift and Kafka are the names that are brought to mind. There's a sharp picture of modern life lurking behind the apparently unstructured surrealism. I especially liked the glimpse of budding, then fading romance that's captured in the narrator's almost offhanded mentions of his erstwhile island paramour.
I've probably made The Golden Age sound like pretty heavy going, but it's not. Though the details are often baroque, the language is clear and uncomplicated, and though it can give rise to serious reflection, Ajvaz doesn't ever seem to be taking himself too seriously. Just on the level of sheer imagination, it's tremendously enjoyable, outdoing the wildest productions of the SF and fantasy world. Take note, genre authors--this is where the bar's been set. Anyone with an interest in writing that lies outside the mainstream should take a look at what Ajvaz is up to.
The only reason I didn't give this novel 5 stars was because it didn't quite engage me, as a story, as completely as Ajvaz's The Other City, or in the same way as other, similarly postmodern works. Also, in some of the more conceptual moments, when the philosophy behind the novel is being explained, I think the translation could have been, if not clearer, then more flowing, in a way that would maintain the narrative pace instead of pulling the reader, just slightly, from its current. A fantastic book that I'd recommend to anyone. I can only hope that more of Ajvaz's works will appear in translation.
One of the major themes is the emergence and submergence of structure from and into nothingness. True to form, The Golden Age demonstrates this principle nicely, as the best approximations of traditional narrative arrive only as temporary digressions from the main thrust of the book. Not coincidentally, these are also the most interesting and readable sections.
Most of the 300 pages is spent simply describing, in a rather abstract way, the primary setting of the island and its inhabitants. There are virtually no characters or plot to speak of. (There are people with names, and a few sporadic events, but it would be a dramatic overstatement to call any character a protagonist or to try to link the events together meaningfully.) This leaves the majority of the book as description of a fictitious setting. But alas, the setting itself is as close it is possible to be a non-setting: an island where the only details are transitory and everything is in permanent flux. There is no history and barely any reality! The reader who looks for a central narrative will be disappointed.
There is some relief towards the end of the book, but only some. From the aforementioned non-story emerges a dozen or so genuine stories (with characters, plot, setting and all.) However, most of these simply fade into other stories or end abruptly as the reader is lurched back into the narrator's descriptions and musings. So the author's premise becomes realized: structure emerges from nothing and is then submerged again.
This is not to say the book is bad or unreadable. It is thought-provoking and funny. There are occasional passages of beauty, and the prose is clear without sounding overly-formal (thanks much to the translator Andrew Oakland.) It is apparent that the author is exploring the implications of particular philosophical ideas, and that fiction just happens to be the means he has chosen for such exploration. (Certainly not rare in fiction.)
As long as the reader knows to expect "some fiction" with little more structure than that, and doesn't hope for some coherent story to emerge, this is an engaging read. But it is neither a fun piece of genre fiction nor an important, life-changing work. It's a weird chunk of experimental fiction, so be prepared to take it as such.