The result of this overmastering urge is dense, hyperkinetic prose, rich in similes, lush with unusual words.

The success of "Thirst" rests entirely on the author's evocative and lush prose, translated here by Hillel Halkin, with the assistance of Ms. Hareven.

The narrative spans the gardening season, from early April through September, and Mrs. Thaxter's lush prose brings the exuberant annual beds to life.

To encounter Waley's lush prose is to forget you are reading a translation - or even a non-Western text.

What's more, all of this literary skylarking is grounded in a lush, scrupulously exact prose that can vault from the poignant to the grotesque to the ridiculous with vertiginous ease.

Her reliance on melodramatic confrontations seems more obtrusive here; her lush, cliche-riddled prose more mannered.

Elsewhere, there is a certain sonority to his best writing and his lush prose also gives a powerful impression of a land teeming with life.

Yet Stuart's lush and lyrical prose propels the reader onward.

And, also like Carter, he's used his lush prose and archetypal motifs to trace the outer arcs of passion, places where eros and violence meet.