Writer's Block: Once upon a time…

[mersipan]

I have a lot of favorites, but here's a good one:

"The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent."
-H. Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Comments

[goblue]

Woohoo! Good call. The very first Murakami book I ever read (I've read all of them that are in English now).

[mersipan]

Me too. It's still my favorite of all of them, although the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a close second.

[no_touching]

It was my first too! I must go back and read it again sometime.

[xtoolchickx]

Good choice! Murakami has so many good lines/quotes from his novels.

[mersipan]

Agreed :) Do you have a favorite Murakami novel?

[xtoolchickx]

I think Sputnik Sweetheart and A Wild Sheep Chase are my favorites. I also love his short stories. =]

[m_lowe]

One of my favorite first lines from one of my favorite books:

"A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father..."

(Ann Quin: Berg)

~m