Speaking of smells, this is one of the best opening paragraphs that I have ever read in any novel.
*IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. Dr. Juvenal Urbino noticed it as soon as he entered the still darkened house where he had hurried on an urgent call to attend a case that for him had lost all urgency many years before. The Antillean refugee Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, disabled war veteran, photographer of children, and his most sympathetic opponent in chess, had escaped the torments of memory with the aromatic fumes of gold cyanide.* >From *Love in the times of cholera* by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Would love to discover other examples of great opening paragraphs. Do share. Venky On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 2:20 AM Jitendra Vaidya <jitendra.vai...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:16 PM Danese Cooper <dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > “This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or > > pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint > or > > ― Patrick Suskind, Perfume The Story of a Murderer > > One of my favorite books! Thank you for the quote, Danese. > > -Jiten > >
