Throughout the novel, Adrian goes through radiotherapy and chemotherapy but, although he ponders much on the fraught love-life of his hospital nurse, he is reticent when it comes to his own suffering.
The reader is given much to ponder, but much pondering takes the place of the emotional immersion proper to opera.
If you ponder too much over what type of glasses you should buy, know the fact that classic styles are your safest choice.
Or ponder his indictment of much of what happens in our theatres as "brochure theatre".
Hendrik Hertzberg's Comment on bipartisanship provided much to ponder (The Talk of the Town, February 23rd).
Julie Weitz Tampa, Fla. Hendrik Hertzberg's Comment on bipartisanship provided much to ponder (The Talk of the Town, February 23rd).
Here's a question worth pondering: How much time do members of Congress spend thinking about ways to reduce the risks of nuclear holocaust, compared to how much time they spend thinking about getting re-elected?
Lurking in the back of the mind of any producer or radio station forced to ponder the future of a much-loved show must be the example of Home Truths, which limped on for over a year after the death in 2004 of its host, John Peel.
Instead, we're left pondering how much less engaging Rudd is than Robert Downey Jr, and how much more we laughed at the properly peculiar Guardians of the Galaxy.
There's much more to ponder, of course.
