Sentences with phrase «not beautiful prose»

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Pollan amazes me again and again, not just with his often beautiful prose (the kind of writing where you stop and reread a passage just for the pleasure of it) but with his ingenious way of looking at things, such as exploring how a corn plant manipulates humans, rather than the other way around.

The film owes a debt to the immaculate prose of Patricia Highsmith's 1952 source novel — not to mention her social daring in writing a sophisticated and beautiful novel of love between two women at a time when that love was defined legally and morally as «obscene».

And then there are books that aren't about education, but they manage to educate us about education, and as a bonus offer beautiful prose, wicked humor, and honesty.

Those familiar with Boylan's bestselling memoir She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders will be unsurprised by the dark humor and beautiful prose that drive the narrative.

While I appreciated Myla Goldberg's beautiful prose and lyrical, descriptive writing I felt this book didn't live up to my expectations.

In a crowded historical fiction market, Last Christmas in Paris stands out not just for the beautiful prose, but also for the characters that literally shimmer on the page.

When it comes to beautiful prose, is social media the mean girl that screams, «You can't sit with us!»

Because Macdonald's prose is so blindingly beautiful and descriptive, I feel as though somehow the fact is lost that her memoir really isn't all that revealing.

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