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From the Listener archive: Arts & Books

May 31-June 6 2008 Vol 213 No 3551

Arts & Music

  • Art Imaginary friends by Lindsay Rabbitt
    SÉRAPHINE PICK: AFTER IMAGE, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, until July 6.

  • Music Shihad goes soft by Nick Bollinger
    STRAIGHT ANSWER MACHINE, Samuel F Scott & the BOP (Loop).

  • Film Taking flight by Helene Wong
    THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, directed by Julian Schnabel.
    HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, directed by Mike Leigh.

  • The Cultural Curmudgeon Exit, stage left by Hamish Keith
    If cities were people it would be fascinating to plot their genome and see if there were any genetic disposition...

  • Classical Seamless transitions by Ian Dando
    GILLIAN WHITEHEAD: PUHAKE KI TE RANGI, Richard Nunns with New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll).

  • Classical CDs Classical CDs by Ian Dando
    BERG: LYRIC SUITE/STRING QUARTET OP 3 and WOLF: ITALIAN SERENADE, New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos)...


Books

  • Books The unlikely controversialist by Ben Naparstek
    HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION, by Nicholson Baker (Simon and Schuster, $32.99).

  • Books Books by Gavin Bertram
    SWAY, by Zachary Lazar (Jonathan Cape, $34.99).

  • Books Best of buddies by Mark Peters
    TWO LITTLE BOYS, by Duncan Sarkies (Penguin, $28).

  • Books Smoke in his eyes by Guy Somerset
    HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION, by Nicholson Baker (Simon and Schuster, $32.99).