2 points | by chistev 10 hours ago
5 comments
"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond" (Things Fall Apart).
It's a line that does character, culture, and foreshadowing all at once without straining any of them.
Great book.
That boy calls you father, do not bear a hand in his death.
Previously:
Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908271
9 days ago, 182 points, 104 comments
I missed this, thank you.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond" (Things Fall Apart).
It's a line that does character, culture, and foreshadowing all at once without straining any of them.
Great book.
That boy calls you father, do not bear a hand in his death.
Previously:
Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908271
9 days ago, 182 points, 104 comments
I missed this, thank you.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.