It was Roth's genius to put a universal theme into a historical novel that retains all its power in our own not-so-post-imperial age.

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It has courted members of the congressional delegations from California and Florida, where its theme parks pump billions of dollars a year into local economies in Orlando, Fla.

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"Madeleine's Theme" gradually swells into the full love melody, which makes its initial appearance as Scottie and Madeleine drive to the sequoia forest, then fragments into a gathering nightmare during the stable sequence.

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