Lionel Shriver

essayist, novelist

American-British novelist and provocateur whose fiction and commentary exhibit sharp wit and an unapologetically expansive vocabulary.

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  1. adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events

    The narrative arc must be tight. (Attributed to Lionel Shriver)
  2. n. writing or speech in its usual form of a series of sentences. Novels short stories essays and letters are examples of writing done in prose.

    His prose is muscular and lean. (Attributed to Lionel Shriver)
  3. n. the practice of expressing things as in art or literature by means of symbols

    The symbolism is hidden in the details. (Attributed to Lionel Shriver)
  4. n. 1 a short moral story; 2 a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

    A dark allegory for our times. (Attributed to Lionel Shriver)

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