So maybe its not over yet, but probably yes.
Doesn't it feel nice to feel blue. Calls for introspection, reflection, some contemplation and all other words related to melancholic thinking.
We feel better now though, at home, in familiar surroundings.
What I want to do is list some of the best beginnings of books. Those first sentences that just refuse to leave one's head even once the book has been completed and is back on the shelf.
Like Mersault: "My maman died yesterday, or the day before. I can't remember."
I can't really remember the exact words either but they penetrated that innermost, unspoken, undiscribable self.
As I am reading Capote I will begin with this.
"The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'."
Possibly not the most memorable opening, but in my humble opinion I would say there is definitely some darkness coming our way.
People read books all the time but are too lazy to talk about them, review them or give their opinion. Maybe because there is none and a book has been read so that having read it is a topic of conversation. So, come on. If anybody that reads this has actually read a book lately: for Christ's sake, say something.
More busy times ahead so even less of me. Mr. Foer will make his appearance shortly.
M.M.
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Good day.
I agree with you that the metaphors are rather weak and that it could generally be described as a vast pile of sh*t.
However, I do think that if the author sets out to torture to reader and accomplishes it, like your esteemed George Eliot did, then there is something to be said about it.
Regardless, I don't like George Eliot and I don't like her opening sentence. But then again I didn't particularly like M.M.'s Capote one either and Camus' even less. I think the latter is immature and indifferent and basically reaches out to the same people that like J.D. Salinger.
Enough said. I will look for a quote of my own.
Good day.
Dr.Z.
I think an opening sentence can only be judged in context. Try reading a book without knowing who wrote it, your opinion might be less tainted.
I guess what i mean is that the entire book or the name of the author and your knowledge of the author is more significant. M.M.: did that first line really just grab you? or did it mean something to you after you'd read the book?,
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