The first sentence
Mar. 3rd, 2011 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"The man was tall and so thin he seemed to be always in profile."
The opening sentence of Mario Vargas Llosa's "The War of the End of the World."
I am barely a few pages in, but I am in awe of this book. I do not even want to pause for breathing while reading it.
The opening sentence of Mario Vargas Llosa's "The War of the End of the World."
I am barely a few pages in, but I am in awe of this book. I do not even want to pause for breathing while reading it.