Word: particularity
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...less for you as names than as actual ideas. One of the things about American literature is that it’s always been slightly embarrassed by itself. It’s always been a problem that the idea of intellectual work, the idea of reading and writing in particular being real work, is still foreign to American culture. It’s always been a bit of an embarrassment compared to the active, dynamic, business-driven culture. But I don’t feel that way at all. Obviously, a lot of stuff we learned in college...
...Wigdahl remembers sitting at the front desk of the FDO each morning as Moses entered, greeting him in his own particular...
...only real action that the reader experiences is the progression of thought. And this is the realm that Gessen is truly concerned about.“Literary Men” is a novel obsessed with ideas. Each character lives in the world of his thoughts, fanatically obsessed with a particular subject—for Keith, it is modern American politics, for Mark, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and for Sam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They do not just ponder these subjects abstractly, but live through them; their entire world is framed by them. For the characters, the whole world...
...large, sprawling families to craft novels that span several important generations in a conflict-ridden area, “Love Marriage” is able to both demonstrate a culture in action and create memorable characters.Told in distinct one- to three-page sections that focus on one or two particular characters, often announced in italics at the beginning of the section, “Love Marriage” is centered on the story of Yalini. Yalini is the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants to the United States, her father a doctor and her mother a school teacher. She goes...
...movie’s most touching moments, while Vale—brought to life by Jenkins—is the only character given a chance to fully develop. Their relationship is the movie’s best theme and produces nearly every poignant moment. The wordless final scene, in particular, proves that the things left unsaid can still speak volumes—an idea that McCarthy clearly remembers but doesn’t always practice...