Here are the first lines of the new David Mitchell novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, forthcoming in July: “‘Miss Kawasemi?’ Orito kneels on a stale and sticky futon. ‘Can you hear me?’ In the rice paddy beyond the garden, a cacophony of frogs detonates. Orito dabs the concubine’s sweat-drenched face with a damp cloth.”
First Lines of the New David Mitchell
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Listen Up!
Don DeLillo spoke in Chicago last week, after receiving the Carl Sandburg Literary Award. Adam Daniels, our intrepid #LitBeat correspondent, reports.
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What terrible first lines! I would not read any further than this.
Boy, those syllables are working very hard…
There’s a full excerpt at the book’s website. It’s a little grisly, but it made me want to keep reading.
Dear Gladly,
God bless you.
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