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this weekend i saw the norwegian author and future nobel prize winner karl ove knausgaard give a talk at the town hall here in seattle. there were perhaps several hundred people in attendance. compare this to the last author i saw give a talk, hanne orstavik (also norwegian, by some coincidence) where there were perhaps …
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Probably the final word for this book, only 3 pages left. For this one McCarthy uses the second dictionary definition. Spavined - old and decrepit The sentence: "Dervishes of leaves rattled across the yard and in the wind the oaks dipped and creaked, and in the wind even the spavined house hung between the stone …
I'd guessed it was related to incandescent, and was right, but it also recalls cadent, which gives it another feel. Candent - glowing from or as if from great heat Getting near the end now, only a few pages left of The Orchard Keeper: "But that was all he heard, through the door now, running …
Only about 50 pages left and still regularly encountering gorgeous sentences with interesting words. Tenon - a projecting member in a piece of wood or other material for insertion into a mortise to make a joint From The Orchard Keeper: "They go on--steps soft now in the rank humus earth, or where carapaced with lichens …
There are endless gorgeous descriptions of nature in this book. If it's not clear by now I recommend it. This word sounded familiar to me but it turns out I didn't know it after all. Purlieu - an outlying or adjacent district. Environ, neighborhood And here is the sentence, from The Orchard Keeper: "Far below …
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