For despite the straightforwardness of its narrative (it's a romp, and so wonderfully easy to read), the Satyricon is multi-layered.
Since the pleasures of "Coram Boy" primarily reside in the coiled intricacies of its narrative, it would be a shame to spoil anyone's fun through further elaboration of the plot.
Edna O'Brien may have had her fiction anathematised by the Roman Catholic church in her native Ireland in the early 1960s, but religion gives it some of its narrative coherence.
Because of its narrative structure, it should be seen not only as a documentation of the various landholdings of the diocese, but as a historical work as well.
Not all of its storytelling is clear, a few of its dances are thin, and it forces some of its narrative against the emphasis of Tchaikovsky's score.
What's refreshingly intriguing about J.J. Abrams' contribution to the Star Wars universe is how close to the chest it plays so many of its narrative cards.
As for the rest of the film, well, it loses a bit of its narrative drive and impetus once the two heroes have joined forces and burdened themselves with its matriculating class of mutants.
Frozen, which was co-produced by John Lasseter, rolls up all three, and it's a measure of its narrative grip that the deeper in you get, the more the songs recede to a respectful distance.
Like Pokémon Go it played on nostalgia and, at the heart of its narrative, also featured an entire community searching for something — in that case a missing child.
The novel sets off slowly, uncertain of its narrative arc.
For all of its narrative fluidity, the movie offers no discursive narrative voice.
