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- CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 4
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- BOOKS
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- THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95). The
- third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of an
- eccentric millionaire. An engaging plot involving high finance,
- grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
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- DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS: A LEXICON NOVEL by Milorad Pavic
- (Knopf; $19.95). A wacky, totally fabricated reference book,
- translated from Serbo-Croatian, about a people who vanished
- centuries ago. Sheer oddity mixed with eerie entertainment.
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- DEAR MILI by Wilhelm Grimm (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $16.95).
- A newly discovered Grimm fairy tale relates a stark saga of
- childhood and the death of innocence, amplified by Maurice Sendak's
- floating vistas and romantic palette.
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- ART
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- PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
- York City. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and
- miniatures in this scrupulous show offer a respite from the brutish
- realities of modern life. Through March 19.
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- RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
- Formica and Celotex are among the odd materials employed by this
- enigmatic but important American painter and sculptor. Through Jan.
- 29.
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- THE ART OF PAOLO VERONESE: 1528-1588, National Gallery of Art,
- Washington. To see Veronese's glowingly colored, exquisitely
- textured works is to glimpse the splendor of Venice's Golden Age.
- Through Feb. 20.
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- TELEVISION
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- BOWL GAMES (Jan. 2). A day late this year, but a blitz of seven
- -- count 'em -- games will try to dispel those postholiday
- hangovers: the Cotton on CBS; Florida Citrus, Rose and Sugar on
- ABC; and Hall of Fame, Fiesta and Orange on NBC.
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- THE POWER GAME (PBS, Jan. 2-5, 8 p.m. on most stations). Former
- New York Times correspondent Hedrick Smith tries to explain who
- really wields the clout in Washington in this series based on his
- book.