Sentence examples for novel build from inspiring English sources

Austerlitz's memories of his childhood in Sebald's final novel build to an anxious, enigmatic portrait of a mind trying to place itself in time.

Just as the sentences in a novel build into patterns and story lines, so did Marclay's clips.

The screenplay was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring from his own novel, Build My Gallows High (the film's UK title).

The novel builds into a sort of fictional hexagon or "double triptych".

In a novel built of arcana, to be mentioned is to be character enough.

Everyone tells stories in this magical realist novel, built around some New York friendships.

Nevertheless, this is a thoughtful, entertaining novel built around a heartrending love story.

As the mysteries multiply, the novel builds to another "severance", just as Richard was cut off from his alma mater.

For a novel built on examining subtle differences in styles of expression and observation, this is a major liability.

Millet's novel builds to a slapstick climax in which Rosemary becomes reconciled to her own "people," the General Public.

The book lacks "incredible scenes" — I mean the kind of scenes that a novel builds and builds to until finally X confronts Y and reveals Z.