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2nd

Vol.29

The fine people at 2nd Magazine in Japan know good is when they see it…

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MONOCLE
issue 25

Our 2009 survey of the top 25 cities for quality of life: who’s improved, who’s slipped and who’s dropped out of Monocle’s global ranking of the places that have it sorted. Plus 20 dates for your summer cultural diary, five developers who have the right idea and a firm that continues to engineer the world.

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It's Beginning To Hurt
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by James Lasdun

James Lasdun’s It’s Beginning to Hurt (in stores now) is the kind of compulsively readable short story collection that's perfect for summer. Why? Because each of the book’s 16 stories are filled with moments so poignant they make you dizzy, and characters so familiar they sting. Take, for instance, Mr. Bryar, from the collection’s title story. While on a train ride home, he ruminates about a former lover whose recent death has deeply shaken him. Preoccupied by the memory of their relationship, he comes home and realizes that he’s forgotten the fish his wife asked him to pick up for dinner. “You’re a fool,” she tells him. “You’re a complete bloody fool.” And with that, Lasdun uncovers the reality of human interaction—that it’s textured by the power we exert, the compromises we make, and the words we can’t take back. The most remarkable feat, though, is that Lasdun can pack stories this moving into as little as three pages. Which means that all of you "I can't find time to read" types would be well advised to make some.—jason chen

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