First published in Welsh in 1961, it's only recently available in full English translation and Philip Mitchell succeeds superbly in bringing Prichard's vibrant prose to life.
The twang of Ned's untutored but vibrant prose would be hypnotic in itself, yet Carey adapts it to a series of set pieces -- Ned's rescue of the drowning boy, a boxing match, his first meeting with the woman who will become his wife, the ambush, even the small drama of felling a tree -- that are as gripping as any you could wish to read.
When she finally sniffed it in a department store, Harad tumbled down the rabbit hole into perfume obsession and was soon ordering sample vials and lurking on blogs like Victoria Frolova's Bois de Jasmin, Marina Geigert's Perfume-Smelling Things and Robin Krug's Now Smell This, where she devoured their vibrant, passionate prose.
Mortier has a poet's eye for vibrant detail and prose to match.
Always a seducer, he remains so - as well as a pedantic, score-settling snob - yet what prevents his legendary froideur from wearying lesser souls is, naturally, taste: mellifluous prose, vibrant anecdotes, and a genteel brutality.
While wandering the jungles and rivers and village markets and mountains and cities, which he renders in vibrant and elegant prose, McCarthy delves into the things that have both made him the man he is and kept him from becoming the man he wants to be.
The plot is unusual, and the prose is vibrant – what more could you ask for?
The prose is vibrant, and there is a telling insight into each character — William Howe, we learn, is valiant and courageous in battle, lackadaisical and self-indulgent when not.
With his characteristic humor, tight prose and vibrant images, Henkes takes Wemberly on a journey that allows her to confront her fears, showing children that it's all right to worry.
Moreover, though we may miss prose as vibrant and irreverent as that written by such rare talents as Kent and Bangs, its shortage is not a matter of any editorial failures, but of huge shifts in the way rock music is produced, consumed and understood.
What's most satisfying about the novel, though, is Gerard's ability to wield such a familiar range of personal terror in a vibrant, addictive display of prose.
