Sentence examples for novel toward from inspiring English sources

His prolonged absence provides a steady sense of dread propelling the novel toward its conclusion.

Such questions drive this lumpy novel toward its not terribly unexpected conclusion.

Writing in energetic bursts, Shepard goads the novel toward a resolution that can seem overly enigmatic.

Old age, on the other hand, provided the ferocity of his revivified last novel, "Toward the End of Time".

Similarly, the section of the book devoted to literary works concludes with the pronouncement that "we are moving beyond the nonfiction novel" toward broader nonfictional forms.

Another example: In his review of John Updike's 1997 novel, "Toward the End of Time," David Foster Wallace wrote that his appreciation of the book had been "torpedoed" by his vehement dislike of its narcissistic narrator.

But the evident affection that the filmmakers bear toward Smith's novel, and toward the odd, spirited people who inhabit it, gives the film a modest, hardworking appeal.

"The evident affection that the filmmakers bear toward Smith's novel, and toward the odd, spirited people who inhabit it, gives the film a modest, hard-working appeal," Mr. Scott wrote in The Times.

Sally Koslow is the author of "The Widow Waltz," her fourth novel, and "Slouching Toward Adulthood," a work of non-fiction.

I did have one larger objection, to a discomfiting turn the novel takes toward its end.

Kingsolver is a former scientist and, at times, the novel lurches toward the scientific sermon.