His elegiac or lyrical flights almost inevitably took a sudden absurdist turn, while his most far-fetched conceits could lead to passages of tender description or lyric bursts.
But Clift's reporting on the Schiavo ordeal is thorough, and her tender description of her husband's exemplary death demonstrates how hospice care can help achieve what she calls a "more peaceful ushering in of the inevitable".
Carydis glosses over too much, though: the mighty opening of the fifth door – which reveals Bluebeard's vast kingdom and marks the great climax of the work – passes in a flash, as does Bluebeard's tender description of his former wives.
The very effortlessness of the prosody can seem relentless, and sometimes, I think, that smoothness disguises the intellectual struggle (with Darwinism, with atheism) that challenges theological consolation and darkens many passages of natural description and tender lamentation.
The novel's wry, often ironic narrative voice can be both barbed and tender, as in a description of Roland's nouveau riche estate, Skyland, where the swimming pool's "cool blue" water is "like an exotic drink one would try on a cruise".
It's an astonishing story – the roots of which Erdrich found in the Ojibwe culture she herself hails from – told by a storyteller both formidable and tender, her talent for description second to none: pained men "stacking heartache" as they chop wood; or poor LaRose, attempting to fit in to his new family, "It was like his mouth had a little strainer that only let through pleasant words".
The base documents of the tendering provided a description of forest types found within the concession units, and the area these types covered in each of the units.
Unfortunately, load description in many tender specifications is insufficiently accurate, what often results in confusion or even in significant errors in planning and construction, or higher risks.
"A revelation!" That's an honest description of the plump rabbit, uncommonly tender and perfumed with rosemary, that I had there.
Smith believed that Burka's description of the latter — "the butt was tender and yielding" — was in need of some editing, but, without having to consume any critters personally, he was persuaded by Burka's report.
