Novels permit a continuous narrative of change, but a series of short stories is like stop-motion animation.
Whatever the outcome, Khan is accomplishing at least one of his goals, by keeping alive a narrative of change in Pakistan.
But what exactly does consensus look like in the 21st century, with its almost continuous narrative of change, much of it driven by technological innovation?
At a moment when we're awash with evidence of how China's government is straining to shape the narrative of change and history — Richard Brody flagged us recently to a singularly weird example — it's worth pausing now and then to take stock of just how profound the change really is for the regular people at the center of it all.
Rather, Obama projected an inspiring message, a "narrative," of change at a moment when so much in American life the economy, the environment, national security, health care is in such parlous condition that, for many voters, political familiarity seemed less a source of solace than a form of despair.
At the same time, it is hard to see what would be lost by anyone, on either side, if we were to seize this moment to talk about a faith whose history is a narrative of change, tolerance, exploration, and reinvention.
Her story is typical of modern China's narrative of change.
The decisions are part of an ongoing narrative of change in the movement for justice.
The myriad fighting groups, the rebel princes, the shifting allegiances, the political betrayals and endless fighting all spoke to a larger narrative of change that could only be understood in terms of the stakes and possibilities of each moment.
