Many novels have been about the pursuit of happiness, but this one is luminous with its actual presence.
Ms. Chevalier's new novel, "Falling Angels," is everything "Girl With a Pearl Earring" was not: clumsy and melodramatic where "Girl" was subtle; obvious and shallow where "Girl" was luminous with chiaroscuro.
"Diamonds and Rust," her devastating account of her love affair with Dylan, was luminous with its skeletal guitar accompaniment and the way Baez delivered the story with conversational grace.
Movies on DVD are luminous and clear, with a depth of field that looks very much like what you see in a movie theater.
Its columns and walls are luminous concrete tinted with two percent titanium oxide, for a near-marbleizing effect.
Grant is a poet of the everyday, and certain images – a pram wreathed in smoke or fog; a thin, shirtless boy bathed in light in a bar crowded with adults – are luminous and otherworldly.
Mike was luminous, pulsing with insight.
Artichoke soup is luminous green with floating circles of summer truffles.
The place is luminous, filled with the wonderfully paradoxical movements of people hurrying toward their leisure.
