We also get a weirdly parallel tale of her own travails.

Mallory narrates a parallel tale that resonates so closely with the experience of the lovers that when the old man dies they are irrevocably changed.

Bogacki is in no hurry to get to the garden of his title, preferring to linger over these earlier memories, sowing the seeds of a parallel tale.

This can be compared to the parallel Roman tale of the jewels of Cornelia.

The parallel tales cast light on the little-known role played by the C.I.A. in the war on drugs.

Saying "We rely too much on foreign oil," Hicks told two parallel tales of how the Navy was pushing ahead with sustainable technology.

More recently, this parallel tale of bad planning and unimaginable suffering sits uneasily with the cult of personality that has enveloped Shackleton.

The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes.

Through this multi-level story runs the parallel tale of Zach's pet bushpig, Lekoya, the one who went wild.

The parallel tales of two revolutions, one artistic and the other political.