Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87
by pizza on Thursday April 17, 2014 @06:41PM
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I think another opener that's at least as good is "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know" (even though this is misleading w/o the whole context..)
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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87
by 205guy on Thursday April 17, 2014 @07:34PM
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As much as I like Camus's The Stranger, and am not familiar with Marquez, I still agree with coldtea. In a single opening line (when you know nothing of the rest of the book), Marquez places a beginning (seeing ice) an ending (the firing squad), and makes you want to read more to see what happens in between.