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Only Lawrence Weschler could reveal the connections between the twentieth century’s Yugoslav wars and the equally violent Holland in which Vermeer created his luminously serene paintings. In his profile of Roman Polanski, Weschler traces the filmmaker’s symbolic negotiations with his nightmarish childhood during the Holocaust. Here, too, are meditations on artists Ed Kienholz and David Hockney, on the author’s grandfather and daughter, and on the light and earthquakes of his native Los Angeles. Haunting, elegant, and intoxicating, Vermeer in Bosnia awakens awe and wonder at the world around us.]]> 8896 4.24 1187 199 2004 3 0 false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 18:25:28 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 22:59:30 -0800 2008 Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders to start with. However, if you like the kind of journalism that is regularly ...more...]]>