Sentence examples for bones of the novel from inspiring English sources

These are the bones of the novel, but its course is as meandering as the Muddy River itself; through small details, Li creates an unsparing picture of life under a totalitarian regime.

But all these years later, "The dinosaur bones of the church novel show signs of quickening flesh," he proclaimed.

As stated above, the screws inserted through the proximal screw row did fully engage in the bone stock for the gold standard fracture model but were only partially engaged in the smaller bone stock of the novel setup.

If "The Infinities" has the bones of a novel of ideas, it's fleshed out and robed as a novel of sensibility and style.

In this paper, diagnostic medical ultrasound was used to monitor the in vivo bone formation and degradation process of the novel mineralized collagen fiber reinforced composite which is synthesized by chitosan (CS), nanohydroxyapatite (nHA), and collagen fiber (Col).

If Ms. Tokarczuk wins for "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead," an unconventional detective novel that also discusses topics like animal rights and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, it would be an unusual back-to-back victory for a major literary award.

Monica Byrne is about to head to a coffee shop and sort 23,000 words' worth of notes into the bones of a new novel when I speak with her.

Hark is trailed by a coterie of confused pilgrims, including Fraz Penzig, an underemployed tutor and gym-rat; Fraz's wife, Tovah, a stalled poet whose day job in educational technology keeps their family financially afloat, but who can't keep her marriage intact; and young heiress and group benefactor Kate Rumpler, who spends much of the novel trafficking bone marrow as penance for her privilege.

Susann Cokal, the author of the novel Breath and Bones, is a frequent contributor to the Book Review.

It is not fiction, though it is full of heartrending stories, any one of which might provide a gifted writer with the bare bones of a shattering novel.

The novel is broken into three sections, with each titled after a portion of the novel's title: "Bone Sharps", "Cowboys", and "Thunder Lizards".