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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Alternating among, rolls with
Churning like a third-world traveler's stomach, Incidents of Egotourism in the Temporary World is a travelogue about finding the unexpected in familiar places. A frustrated shipper of rare books at a Boston bookstore (who refers to himself as "The Egotourist") returns to his parents' suburban New Jersey home to work temporary jobs and earn enough money to take 100 buses to Cuzco, Peru.
Alternating among essays, dialogues, and short spiels, Incidents of Egotourism in the Temporary World rolls with the Egotourist's restlessness as he tells of long-distance love, Black Sabbath cover bands, flirtatious administrative assistants, minotauric secretaries, and camaraderie in copy centers, all of it heading toward a hard-earned trip south of the border. Ultimately, the Egotourist discovers that what he sought in far-flung destinations is just as easily found in the unexpected exoticism of home.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Source : http://www.betternonsequitur.com/index.php?egotourism
Alternating among essays, dialogues, and short spiels, Incidents of Egotourism in the Temporary World rolls with the Egotourist's restlessness as he tells of long-distance love, Black Sabbath cover bands, flirtatious administrative assistants, minotauric secretaries, and camaraderie in copy centers, all of it heading toward a hard-earned trip south of the border. Ultimately, the Egotourist discovers that what he sought in far-flung destinations is just as easily found in the unexpected exoticism of home.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Source : http://www.betternonsequitur.com/index.php?egotourism
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"Alternating among" means that the book switches between the writing styles mentioned. "rolls with" basically means that the narrative accompanies him on his restless journey, following him in all the various things that happen. It has other connotations too, which I find hard to pin down or explain.
- "Alternating among" means that the book switches between the writing styles mentioned.
- "rolls with" basically means that the narrative accompanies him on his restless journey, following him in all the various things that happen.
- It has other connotations too, which I find hard to pin down or explain.
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"Alternating among" means that the book switches between the writing styles mentioned.
"rolls with" basically means that the narrative accompanies him on his restless journey, following him in all the various things that happen. It has other connotations too, which I find hard to pin down or explain.
"rolls with" basically means that the narrative accompanies him on his restless journey, following him in all the various things that happen. It has other connotations too, which I find hard to pin down or explain.
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Thank you Mr. Wordy.
But I wonder what you mean by "the narrative/story/book accompanies him".
Though I know "A person can accompany another person and go together".
But I wonder what you mean by "the narrative/story/book accompanies him".
Though I know "A person can accompany another person and go together".
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User_gary
But I wonder what you mean by "the narrative/story/book accompanies him".
By that I meant, approximately, that the story describes the progress of his journey. I used the word "accompanies" (in a non-literal sense) in an attempt to get across more of the idea of "rolls with", but I'm not sure I was very successful.
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