Sentences with phrase «rich character portraits»

Not exact matches

The miniseries format shoehorns Strout's collection of 13 linked narratives into its strange, slack rhythms, neither the concise character study of a made - for - TV movie nor the rich group portrait of a full - length anthology.

But he also creates an indelible portrait of a man who talked like a radical but lived like a rich man (in the words of another character), and who was willing to risk much, but not lose it all.

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

The author showed an understanding of perspective, drawing a rich and vivid portrait of the world that his well drawn character, Sir Alfie Clay, inhabited with all his interesting quirks.

Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion.

To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tension - in sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.

Enger's breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape is matched by the rich expanse of his characters» emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events - the turmoil of expansionism, the near total demise of the bison herds, and the subjugation of the Plains Indians - blend seamlessly with the story of a family's sacrifice and devotion.

Breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape are matched by the rich expanse of characters» emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events blend seamlessly in this story of a family's sacrifice and devotion.

As a portrait of middle - aged vulnerability and weakness, this is a rich story with a believable, complex central character.

A character - portrait novel in the full definition of that type — which means as meticulous in detail and as sound in psychological understanding as a biography — Irishman Tóibín's latest rich novel, following the provocative Testament of Mary (2012), is self - assured in its authenticity, daring in the male author's presumption of inhabiting a female protagonist, and all this is achieved through prose at once alive and understated.

The portraits presented in «From the Depths Above» employ expressive marks, a rich palette and various signs and symbols to depict farcical, invented characters.