by
ZYZZYVA
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In Conversation:
Different People, Different Families
with Paul Wilner
(missing author)
with Paul Wilner
(missing author)
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terms
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notes
gavotte
(en)
(noun) a dance of French peasant origin marked by the raising rather than sliding of the feet / (noun) a tune for the gavotte in moderately quick 4/4 time
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Franzen intertwines these complicated gavottes with customary ease
uncertain
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Franzen intertwines these complicated gavottes with customary ease
uncertain
3 months, 2 weeks ago
truculent
(en)
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
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the truculent caricatures he has been beset by ever since The Corrections was published
notable
3 months, 2 weeks ago
the truculent caricatures he has been beset by ever since The Corrections was published
notable
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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[...] That turn really did take place between Strong Motion and The Corrections. There was plenty of domestic stuff in the first two books, but the idea that the [domestic] dramas could carry the main weight of the story was a liberating discovery. I did not have to resort to elaborate superstructures.
[...] That turn really did take place between Strong Motion and The Corrections. There was plenty of domestic stuff in the first two books, but the idea that the [domestic] dramas could carry the main weight of the story was a liberating discovery. I did not have to resort to elaborate superstructures.