Sentence examples for novel faced from inspiring English sources

"It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times... .. From its opening line Ali Smith's Autumn Hamish Hamiltonn), written and published at speed to become the first Brexit novel, faced up to the sometimes despairing mood of Britain in 2016 with humour and grace.

His political novel "Facing the Lions" (1973) was on The Times best-seller list for 18 weeks.

My hypothetical novel faces a big obstacle: Stevens sounds more repressed than the people around him, but in America today almost everyone sounds liberated.

Lounging at Patsy's, Ailes looks like an old spook in a spy novel: facing the door, a right-handed man shielded by a wall on his right.

Because some straights still find homosexuality disgusting (cf. comment trolls across the Internet) and a larger number fail to find gay characters "relatable," a gay novel faces steeper odds from the start.

When the married woman in the novel faces that "crucial moment when she's up against all that she has, and has not, done with her life," she believes that love is the answer.

However, in the novels, faced with the choice between killing or kissing, Highsmith's creations will almost invariably choose the former.

MILESTONES: First novels face long odds in best-seller land, but "The Lifeboat," by Charlotte Rogan, is hanging on at No. 15 in its second week.

'Face-Time' Erik Tarloff's breezy, smart novel "Face-Time" is more entertaining.

The disclaimer to Janet Frame's second novel, "Faces in the Water", published in 1961, fooled no one.

With neon-bright hues, stretchy silicone bands and novel faces, the new '80s-inspired watches could have been worn by bands like the Thompson Twins or the Human League.