"This song starts not just under the radar, but completely off the radar," says Alan Light, whose new book, The Holy Or The Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley And The Unlikely Ascent Of Hallelujah, traces the extraordinary trajectory of a song that went from almost total obscurity to one of the most famous tracks in modern music.
They established reputations by sifting through packs of nameless young artists and — with a little spit shine, P.R. and insider collusion — gave them a booster shot of recognition, lifting them from total obscurity to a low rung of somewhere.
The prophecies are enshrined in quatrains of almost total obscurity, so you have to search out his meaning with the help of interpreters.
Since the publication of The Butcher Boy in 1992, when he emerged from almost total obscurity to storm into the literary limelight, McCabe has established himself as one of Ireland's foremost contemporary writers.
With one phone call, they go from total obscurity to big shots who have moved hundreds, maybe thousands of people".
When the true identity of its author was revealed, Fichte was immediately catapulted from total obscurity to philosophical celebrity.
The disappearance of Loynaz is marked by the unique trajectory of Cuban history, but she is far from the only woman writer who, once widely celebrated, fell into almost total obscurity for a time.
This study contained his investigation of Dōgen's work (in Shamon Dōgen, [The Monk Dōgen ]), and it can be said that it was Watsuji who single-handedly brought Dōgen's work out of nearly total obscurity, into the forefront of philosophical discussion.
Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life.
Always of a retiring disposition, he fell into total obscurity with the outbreak of World War II.
