Their voices are distinct, yet they share a preoccupation with autumnal reflection and coming to terms with maturity.
Besides their personal relationship, which lasted from 1960 until Hesse's death in 1970, the two artists shared a preoccupation with the grid.
On the one hand they share a preoccupation with "the matter of Ireland"; on the other, they have recourse to different kinds of language and imagery.
She and Mr. Fischl share a preoccupation with what they call otherness, which they define as a subtle combination of alienation and recognition.
They shared a preoccupation with political evil and human dignity, but refused to see the world in Manichaean terms that divide it neatly into the forces of light and those of darkness.
Many of the kids peered inside the writing hut — they weren't allowed in — and seemed to discover there further evidence that Dahl was a strangely sympathetic adult who shared a preoccupation with candy, a clinical fascination with the body, and a love of ingenious, self-devised schemes.
Mr. Koons's choices are stylistically and historically diverse but tend to share a preoccupation with the body and sexuality, which is also a major theme in Mr. Joannou's collection and Mr. Koons's take on it, in a selection of more than 100 works by 50 artists.
They both share a preoccupation with the threat of Islamist groups, peddle similar rhetoric about élitist politicians and bureaucrats in Brussels selling out the common people, and promised to hold referenda on membership of the E.U. in their respective countries if they were elected.
They are both anti-immigration, they prioritise national economic interests above all else and they share a preoccupation with turning around the fortunes of their nations.
The Trump administration and the UAE appear to share a similar preoccupation with Iran.
That Holman's two books should have such vigor and complexity is particularly striking since their central characters share a visceral preoccupation with death.
