The phrase "a tale of destruction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when narrating a story or describing events that involve significant damage or ruin.
Example: "The novel unfolds as a tale of destruction, detailing the aftermath of the catastrophic event that changed the lives of its characters forever."
Alternatives: "a story of devastation" or "a narrative of ruin."
It is a tale of marital destruction between two thirtysomething former writers who move to a small town on the Mississippi and systematically, and selfishly, forget why they ever liked, loved or interested one-another.
She feels anxious people still reeling from World War I and the influenza pandemics that followed it, worldwide economic depression and the fear of further conflict in Europe found a tale of definitive destruction like The War of the Worlds to be "comfort food".
Perhaps best known for cult favorite Repo Man (1984)—a tale of auto destruction and anti-establishment fury set among the flotsam of the early 1980s LA punk scene the forward thrust of punk has been a frequent inspiration.
Perhaps best known for cult favourite Repo Man (1984) – a tale of auto destruction and anti-establishment fury set among the flotsam of the early 1980s LA punk scene – the forward thrust of punk has been a frequent inspiration.
As the end-credits to the movie roll on the screen, we see the strange phrase, "No Jews were harmed in the making of this movie," which serves as the bitterly ironic coda to a tale of wanton destruction and demoralizing anomie wrought by Jews against other Jews.
It's an exhilarating piece, a fairy tale of destruction that makes a perfect transition to the final show, "Innocence and Experience".
I have seldom read so lyrical a tale of self-destruction.
And how should a tale of self-destruction and circumstantial delight be ended?
Australian brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, working off a short story by American science-fiction writer Robert A Heinlein, adapt a tale of self-destruction that hops back and forth across the decades between the 1930s and the 1990s.
