touchstone
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A fictional backstory of patriarch SP Chopra’s extended family’s demise, “The Complex” dissolves many of Mahajan’s — an associate professor of literary arts at Brown University — previous literary touchstones, ranging from musical inspiration to cinematic immersion.
From Los Angeles Times
She likened it to Whittier Boulevard, a touchstone of Mexican American culture in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times
Since its release in April of last year, the film has been a cultural touchstone and point of extended conversation on its way to some $370 million in worldwide box office.
From Los Angeles Times
The book was a touchstone in her own life, because she admired its heroine’s courage even if she never had the courage to emulate it.
Here, too, Beethoven serves as a musical, spiritual and political touchstone.
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