picaresque

Example Sentences

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But that would deprive us of Courage’s wild picaresque through a rural and ravaged America.

From Los Angeles Times

But the story’s many twists and hair’s-breadth escapes — its devolution into a Holocaust picaresque — lack the foundation of historical truth that undergirded the writer’s debut effort.

From Los Angeles Times

“The book is also a comedy, and there is a picaresque quality to it that Justin made a brilliant adaptation of, because it’s a romantic movie, but it’s also very funny.”

From Los Angeles Times

He sees himself as a picaresque hero in the novel that exists in his mind — and forces the rest of us to deal with it.

From Los Angeles Times

The sprawling, picaresque story uses 18th-century literary conventions to chronicle the adventures of Ebenezer Cooke, who takes possession of a tobacco farm in Maryland.

From Seattle Times