Sentence examples for jest of a from inspiring English sources

In Lianke's epic jest of a novel, a bureaucrat shakes up a Chinese village.

"Liven was a village outside the world," the Chinese satirist Yan Lianke writes, depicting the remote rural setting of this epic jest of a novel.

Peter and all of us need to remember not to put certain things in writing — no matter what. 1. Criticism, even in jest, of a colleague, vendor, customer, partner, job applicant, consultant or government representative.

A later English version, Here beginneth a merye Jest of a man that was called Howleglas, appeared c.

Canada has been described, in jest of course, to be a lot like Montana with a national railroad.

If he were the guest editor for Charlie Hebdo, as fictitiously suggested, the Prophet would have unequivocally decried the bombing but also would have called on citizens of all faiths to make merry by working together, not by making a jest of one another's saints.

I jest of course (I have an IQ of 256), but hard-hitting attributes such as these are necessary to get anywhere with the opposite sex.

He is like the walking punchline to a cosmic jest of unfathomable cruelty.

But a central jest of the campaign is that the book does not exist, nor does its putative author, Eric Jonrosh; savvy viewers will probably figure that out when they see the comedian Will Ferrell — a partner in Funny or Die — as Mr. Jonrosh.

Thereafter, navigation became, in Worsley's words, "a merry jest of guesswork", as they encountered the worst of the weather.

Lucidity and opacity, ordinary delights and exotic peculiarities blend breezily in an intimate jest of vast wonder.