GRGR P1 S1: "The road, which ought to be opening out into a broader highway..."
Otto
ottosell at yahoo.de
Wed Oct 26 18:46:49 CDT 2005
In Richard Powers' "Galathea 2.2" I've read recently about the
"function" of a train at the beginning of a novel: to get the story out
of the station (and developing).
Otto
Carvill John wrote:
> Well, it looks like we're off and running with the Group Read.
>
> Haven't had time to put together a proper post on the opening Section,
> but for now just one question:
>
> In the opening dream sequence, we're on a train, that seems reasonably
> clear. And we arrive in the station with the globular lights, by train.
> So how in between do we find ourselves on a road:
>
> "The road, which ought to be opening out into a broader highway, instead
> has been getting narrower, ..."
>
>
>
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