Word: plotting
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...released in January, marked the first time since its publication in the late 1960s that the novel has been available in English, and while the book’s experimental nature makes its absence rather unsurprising, the arrival of its 105 pages is long overdue.To crystallize the plot of “Azorno” is to reduce the atmosphere that makes it beautiful and in which its quavering logic (and, in turns, illogic) dwells. Who does what is beside the point. The book’s central drama is also its opening one. It is the question of which...
...income. It’s about a boring workplace, a terrible boss, and a likeable couple falling in love. Its genius is in its simplicity. As great as Dwight and Andy’s budding bromance may be, the secondary characters aren’t enough to drive the plot. Without a solid footing, The Office has begun an inevitable decline into mediocrity. So, next Thursday night at 9 p.m., I’m going to make popcorn and blow off any responsibilities I need to so that I can sit down and watch “The Office?...
...married, interested in younger women, or even psychotic. Though her idealism wanes slightly with every bad man she encounters, she holds on to her original optimism, constantly reminding her sons that “things will always work out in the end.”The plot involves numerous commonplace elements—a cheating spouse, a soul-searching roadtrip, a quest for love, a mid-life crisis. Even the setting evokes a certain familiarity: 1950s romanticism, a jazz soundtrack, pastel cardigans, and a preponderance of dinner parties. But surprisingly, the film transcends the clichés it employs...
...classic (one might say, inherent) psychedelia. The novel really does feel shaggy and baggy, because the normally lean detective genre has had to loosen up to accommodate Pynchon’s wild narrative loops and quixotic scenic fancies. When the dentist’s secretary pauses a plot-advancing conversation to ask Doc’s friend—“Excuse me, . . . is that a slice of pizza on your hat?” —the irksomeness of the interruption overshadows the humor of his response (“Oh wow, thanks...
...regime may have already bullied some university professors into submission. One recent graduate student in Tehran says he has firsthand knowledge of how this plot works: "I know professors in Amir Kabir University who are cooperating with Intelligence Ministry and have no scientific values, but [are there] just as Ph.D.-holding soldiers who attend school to control students...