Sentence examples for novel talk from inspiring English sources

In his propulsive but ultimately disappointing new novel, "Talk Talk," Mr. Boyle fashions these two sides of the coin into a single story.

Today, writers who are trying to expand the possibilities of the novel talk about incorporating the techniques of memoir and essay, of hewing closer to the author's subjective experience, of effacing the difference between fiction and their own personal nonfictions.

The following is an excerpt from T.C. Boyle's novel Talk Talk (Viking Adult, 2006).

She likes to collect academic degrees, and in her spare time, she likes to vegetate with an interesting novel, talk to her family or argue with her friends on politics, international affairs and any other topic that may come up.

And this novel talks about that.

"The novel talked about the torture in police stations, the forging of elections, the bribes and corruption and agents.

*Correction: A previous version of this post mistakenly suggested that the dog in Stein's novel talks.

I lived in Trinidad for half of 2006, writing a novel, talking to my mother, playing Scrabble, and drinking tea with her most days.

New drugs like Prozac were entering the market; novel talking therapies were proving effective, too, particularly cognitive behavior therapy, in which people learn to defuse upsetting thoughts by questioning their basis.

And then Gerry Nicosia, who wrote Memory Babe, a huge biography of Jack Kerouac, came to our "bootcamp" and played us tapes of LuAnne Henderson, who's Marylou in the novel, talking about her love for Neal and also Jack.

In 1991 the group gave him its highest honor, its Grandmaster Award, after he had solidified the Navajo Tribal Police series with "A Thief of Time" (his own favorite novel), "Talking God" and "Coyote Waits".