anecdote
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Though the resulting story can seem cobbled together, with obvious seams where oddments have been joined, its bright patchwork of anecdotes acquires its own strange logic.
But his thoughtful undertaking, and his imaginative synthesis of anecdote with history, lived religion with theology, always located in the particular, offers a fresh look at some unchanging human concerns.
His anecdotes would become the basis for Crystal’s character, Harry, while Ryan’s witty foil, Sally, was the embodiment of Ephron’s sharp and observant eye.
From Salon
The book’s finest section is its last 100 pages, when Mr. Zygar is finally free of irrelevant anecdotes.
Many of the anecdotes are the same, including some light-hearted mention of his round-robin dating with the few other out students at the prestigious Harvard-Westlake School.
From Los Angeles Times
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