Sentence examples for difficult tale from inspiring English sources

It was such a difficult tale to tell.

Joseph Andrews is the most pacy and high-spirited, his first attempt at a "comic epic poem in prose"; Amelia, written shortly before he renounced fiction altogether, is a sombre and difficult tale of marital hardship and was the subject, in its day, of a critical roasting which makes the recent reception of Margaret Drabble's new novel seem positively benign.

People are showing up due to word of mouth, affection for the book, and because they appreciate artists who tell difficult tales.

Distinguishing the two is difficult, but the tale includes a subplot involving one of the largest nuclear power deals in Czech history, an intricate web of deceit and a cast of characters that has reached the highest levels of the army and government.

He found the tale difficult to understand, and did not think he could be inspired by it.

Since then he has traveled a long, difficult path from cautionary tale to college student.

Many people have observed of your book that it's a simple tale but difficult to explain.

Moriguchi agreed that his strange tale "is difficult to believe, as it stands.

A review in Publishers Weekly described City at the End of Time as a "complex, difficult and beautifully written tale [that] will appeal to sophisticated readers who prefer thorny conundrums to fast-paced action".

It is often difficult to distinguish between tales of literary and oral origin, because folktales have received literary treatment from early times, and, conversely, literary tales have found their way back into the oral tradition.

Then, pondering the overseas inquiries as to whether the Olympics were making life difficult, and the various tales of fisticuffs and other scrapes on top of all the suppressed anxiety, I opined, "Maybe it's the Olympics," and we both laughed knowingly and drank some more whiskey.