I will not spoil the effect of this forceful narrative twist by telling more, except to say that it greatly helps to etch the final layer he uncovers.
It is a tribute to Mr. Ellroy's forceful narrative style and to a skillful use of the dramatized re-creation form that this episode is engaging, since he and Detective Stoner don't make much progress.
But by fusing sculpture, architecture and the ancient landscape into a forceful visual narrative, the New Acropolis Museum delivers a revelation that trumps the tired arguments and incessant flag waving by both sides.
Major lobbies such as AIPAC have now been relatively marginalized as a result of their blanket support for Netanyahu and may have to take a more subdued posture going forward, as they have lost much clout compared to new groups such as J-Street -- who now have a chance to create a more forceful public narrative in support of the peace process.
Blunt and forceful in its narrative thrust, the painting makes no concessions to art fashion; if anything, its apocalyptic approach and Expressionist distortion evoke the work of Max Beckmann.
But Lahiri also spoke about the pleasure of submitting to the forceful pull of narrative: when she sits down to write, she never knows exactly where the story will go.
A reader might get distracted by asking, "Where is the, um, story?" There are, of course, stacks of uninteresting books with strong narratives and forceful characterizations, and a writer can be a complete hack and still write a terrific narrative.
Gomorrah (15) Forceful political thriller interweaving five narrative strands to nail the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia.
Romeyn, the first named artist to devote himself consistently to the narrative strip, also left colourful, forceful, and elaborate graphic accounts of the accession of William III to power in the Netherlands and England.
The story behind it was forceful.
