Pathos glimmers between even her coarser outbursts, and it's here that the novel's real power lies.
In later works from the series, the black stripes are laid over raw canvas and the white glimmering between them is lively beyond doubt.
A hope glimmers that between Habermas and Gates -- the German philosopher who tells you that you need only connect and the American businessman who will sell you the software to do it -- a new, comprehensive social theory is around the corner.
There are some debuts which serve to announce a writer's promise, glimmering brightly between the flaws and missteps; and there are some follow-ups which more than confirm that promise as they make their way through increasing levels of complexity.
Fact: When a leaked U.S. State Department cable suggested that Chinese diplomats were whispering about the need for change on the Korean peninsula, some in the West saw a glimmer of daylight between the "lips and teeth," to use the unlovely old metaphor for that special relationship.
In Mexico, the unity on addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict provided a glimmer of consensus between Mr. Obama and Mr. Putin, whose face-to-face meeting on Monday was largely characterized by their disagreement over how to handle the conflict in Syria.
Glimmer is shared between all of your characters (the game encourages you to have more than one to your name) and it's only a short leap to imagine Bungie will sell currency packs with which players will be able to purchase powerful weapons or striking armour – particularly if there is no accompanying subscription to fund the game's on-going development.
The novel's take on Americans abroad ranges from the glimmering nostalgia of between-the-wars literary romance to the mordant gloom of cold war intrigue.
A modest guitar figure begins, accompanied by a supple beat that is equal parts thumping and clicking; Kelly favors a middle ground between the glimmer of R. & B. ballads and hip-hop's aggressive downbeat.
It is Coogan's genius to have created a character only a tad away from reality, and if you can retain just a glimmer of blue sky between yourself and Norfolk's early morning chief of chat, that is a result of sorts.
