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"THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS," education director Sarah Pickup-Diligenti leads a discussion of Italian author and mathematician Paolo Giordano's novel about two people from troubled childhoods. 6: 30 p.m.,
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In a particularly memorable one, the seminar leader gushed for twenty minutes about the first sentence of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, in her opinion the greatest first line — nay, first several lines — ever:
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Could it, like the opening to ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, include telling details that Millicent is unlikely to see in any other piece of character-revealing dialogue this month?
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When a few of us in the audience attempted to suggest a few other great openings, the seminar leader crushed our hopes of fruitful discussion flat: no, the opening to ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE was the best opening, ever, period.
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Would it really work today, or would Millicent mutter, “Oh, great, another knock-off of A HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.”
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And at one time, the first lines of both A HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE and THE LOVELY BONES would have struck Millicent as absolutely unique and fresh.
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I already have copies of and/or have read some of them (Machiavelli's THE PRINCE, GG Marquez's ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, etc.) but might actually read the Henry James (THE AMBASSADORS).
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2007
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Rowing the ATLANTIC nineteen ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF SOLITUDE it was March 2, and two weeks had now passed since the demise of my satellite phone.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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Rowing the ATLANTIC nineteen ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF SOLITUDE it was March 2, and two weeks had now passed since the demise of my satellite phone.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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Even in translation, A HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE was a magnificently influential book for English-language writers; for years afterwards, Millicents across the English-speaking world were seeing many, many manuscripts that opened similarly.
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