All 5 Uses of
nostalgia
in
Oryx and Crake
- He watches them with envy, or is it nostalgia?†
p. 6.3nostalgia = longing for something past
- Already it felt like old time's sake, already it felt like nostalgia — something they were too grown-up for, like middle-aged guys cruising the pleebland teeny clubs.†
p. 89.5
- And though various older forms had dragged on — the TV sitcom, the rock video — their audience was ancient and their appeal mostly nostalgic.†
p. 187.5 *nostalgic = with a longing for something past
- "Hi there, cork—nut," said Crake, and nostalgia swept through Jimmy like sudden hunger.†
p. 198.9nostalgia = longing for something past
- He pees on the grasshoppers, watches with nostalgia as they whir away.†
p. 372.2
Definition:
happiness that come with the memory of good times combined with a hint of sadness that those times are over