COVER
Jonathan Franzen: The Wide Shot (Profile)
At a time when the trend in fiction has been toward specialization, the author of The Corrections and the new Freedom is a devotee of the wide shot, the all-embracing, way-we-live-now novel
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Brazil: Venture Capital's New Hot Spot (Technology)
Getting funded can be a torture test. Maybe that's why its entrepreneurs are so adept
Danone's Cheap Trick (Corporate Conscience)
Figuring out how to make a nutritious yogurt for poor kids yielded unexpected benefits
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Watching the Detective: A History of Charlie Chan (Books)
Yunte Huang's Charlie Chan study is a Chinese look at how America has looked at China
LETTERS
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WORLD
Pakistan Floods: In Deep Water
Pakistan's slow and weak response to its disastrous floods might be the moment hard-line Islamists have been waiting for
Cleaning Up Sumo
Racked by scandal and an influx of foreign competitors, can Japan's most traditional sport keep up with the times?
GLOBAL ADVISER
Hang Loose at Komune Resort and Spa (Check In)
Commune with Australia's surf set at this hip Gold Coast hideaway
Get Lost in Tokyo's Design Festa Gallery (Next Time You're in ... Tokyo)
The Harajuku exhibition space lets young artists' imaginations take over
Visit the Quebecois Beaver (TIME Traveler)
Veer off the whale trail and take a tour of the Tadoussac forests
Tour the San Andreas Fault (Diversions)
California's Elite Land Tours takes you to the epicenter