Tuesday, December 9, 2008

First Line of a Novel (Entry 1 of 11)




I am very bad at actually finishing novels that I start to read, but after checking "Asleep" by Bananna Yoshimoto out of my local library (TWICE!), I was able to finish reading it over Thanksgiving weekend.

Here is the first part of the excellent novel, which is actually a letter:

"Dear Sarah, It was spring when we went to see my brother off. He and his girlfriends were waiting at the airport when we arrived- yes, he had lots of girlfriends back then- and they were all decked out like flowers. The sky was marvelously clear........."

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