All 3 Uses of
abyss
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- The mistake reawakened her to the abyss between them: she might as well have decided to fall in love with a statue of King Edward.†
Chpt 4 *abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
- Through the high window at the end of the hallway he could see the dark windows of the office building opposite the M&T and he could feel in his blood the abyss falling away toward the street.†
Chpt 8
- Taking my middle-class values from me is like pulling teeth, and when the value's gone, how dizzying and jagged the abyss revealed to the tongue!†
Chpt 18