It's not an opera with a linear narrative.
But typical of Mr. Glass's collaborations with Mr. Wilson, "White Raven" is not a linear narrative.
Instead it is a linear narrative by the Japanese designer Hideo Kojima.
As Mr. Helfrich observed in a director's note, "Messiah" is "not a linear, narrative drama".
Dr. Lander's story can be told as a linear narrative of lucky breaks and perfect opportunities.
"Could we get this director to repeat these images and put in a linear narrative?" Raimi asked.
In some ways Visitors is a very conventional novel - a linear narrative, carefully-crafted characters, and a compelling plot.
What escaped attention, for the most part, was the subject matter, which was difficult to articulate in a linear narrative.
The subject demands to be made as a documentary or in a form more imaginative than a linear narrative.
Only now did Pip realise she was in a book that didn't adhere to a linear narrative.
"It's a strange filter," he said, of the desire he kept seeing for simplification and a linear narrative.
