События & Репортажи. Booknik on Feb 14-20: True Grit, the First Woman Rabbi, Water Towers, Peace on

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Last week, Booknik read True Grit by Charles Portis, and later watched the book’s screen version by the Coen Brothers; later, he read a desperate story of the teenager’s coming of age near Moscow, and crime stories that outwitted their author; then, he remembered the first woman rabbi, noticed beautiful things in the world around him, marveled at water towers, tried to make sense of complicated relations in prominent Israeli families, almost drowned in a swamp, learned more S-words, made cynical remarks in deep freeze, traveled to North Africa, and then, he cooked some Norwegian soup a la Middle East, and Moroccan desserts. Meanwhile, Booknik Jr. looked forward to various holidays, worried about an envoy, fought for the peace on the Earth, made a hybrid of an apron and a table, attended theater, went on an excursion, and after that, he learned to resolve conflicts in an American school.

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