But words of searing pain reflected a more immediate concern: her son was then dying of cancer, and Ms. Doerr used italicized passages to tell his story.

Alison remains in a vegetative state throughout the investigation, although Mr. Billingham writes rambling italicized passages describing her thoughts.

Throughout the novel, these whispers are recorded in italicized passages.

After you've read the entire section, go back and read through just the italicized passages to see what fascinates Darl about Jewel.

The novel's only serious flaws are a tediously overcomplicated stretch toward the end, and the intermittent italicized passages in which Rosa tells her story.

The late-life crisis brought on by semiretirement is related in italicized interstitial passages labeled "In Transition."

This image is captured in the book by recurrent italicized passages in which Issur reappears and keeps asserting his weakness and vulnerability.

There are two lengthy italicized passages that show Vonny in crisis and address her as "you."

First comes the choral nursery rhyme, linked typographically with the italicized passages placed against the right-hand margin to differentiate them from the rest of the text.

Although we are given Teddy's point of view in italicized passages running throughout the novel, the bulk of "Evening News" is told from Giselle's perspective.