Both Uses of
narrative
in
A Thousand Acres
- They had us, Rose and me, in their suffering, but they didn't seem to have what we had with each other, a kind of ongoing narrative and commentary about what was happening that grew out of our conversations, our rolled eyes, our sighs and jokes and irritated remarks.†
p. 113.8narrative = story
- It was a story the neighbors surely followed with relish, eager for clues to what was really going on, and ready to supply any memories or speculation that would explain unaccountable twists in the narrative.†
p. 155.9 *
Definition:
a story; or related to a story