Michiko Kakutani

3 weeks ago | clarin.com | Michiko Kakutani

Para generaciones de aficionados, la fantasía épica de J.R.R. Tolkien El Señor de los Anillossigue siendo su primera experiencia de la magia envolvente de la ficción. La trilogía narra cómo un variopinto grupo de amigos emprende un viaje para destruir el gran Anillo de Poder y derrotar al oscuro Señor Sauron, que pretende utilizar su espantosa magia para gobernar toda la Tierra Media mediante "la fuerza y el miedo".

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Michiko Kakutani

Tech power players and the global far-right are learning all the wrong lessons from "The Lord of the Rings."Credit... Photo illustration by Alex Merto For generations of fans, J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy "The Lord of the Rings" remains their first experience of the immersive magic of fiction.

Jan 12, 2025 | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Robin Reames |Robert Sutton |Huggy Rao |Michiko Kakutani

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Aug 18, 2024 | maddruid.com | Ex Libris |Michiko Kakutani

The central theme of Michiko Kakutani’s The Great Wave is simple. It is written on the cover: outsiders drive innovation and they have been the cause of various disruptions in human history. It is not a groundbreaking argument to make. The unremarkable observation would have made the book an uninteresting read for me, except she manages to pull me back in with her comment on arts and culture, an area where she is clearly an authority. Kakutani formerly worked as a book critic at the New York Times.

Jul 15, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Scott Naugle |Michiko Kakutani |Chris Schneidmiller

Lifestyle Reader's Edge the July/August 2024 issue A review of The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider The only thing that we can agree on in this country is that we cannot agree on anything related to politics, social policy, personal rights, the United States Constitution, animal rights, or the proper way to sear tuna (OK, the seared tuna opinion is my own). Is civil discourse a thing of the past?