Sometimes, I see readers just as they’re beginning a book. Fresh from the store. Page one. Sentence one. I can’t help but wonder which synapses fire, where are they taken upon that first introduction? To borrow the maxim “It’s not the size that matters, it’s how you use it,” this week and next, I thought I’d have some fun. Each entry will contain only the first sentence from the book along with my one sentence response. I’ve even charged myself the task of using the same number of words.
Wish me luck!
Spadina streetcar
Caucasian male, mid 30s, with short black hair and stubble, wearing black jeans, black turtleneck, and grey pinstriped suit jacket.
The Origin of Species, Nino Ricci (Doubleday)
Page one:
The girl standing in the foyer when Alex went down to get his mail, trembling slightly on her cane, was Esther.
His mother’s poodle is named after Esther, his great aunt who left the monastery in her 50s to study reproductive medicine.
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Perfect!
Comment left by DC on October 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 am