most beautiful novel opening

[James Kyllo]

It's "The Flounder" in English.  First line "Ilsebill put on more
salt".  Probably not a prizewinner...



On Nov 9, 2007 12:38 PM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> The opening sentence of  Günter Grass' novel "Der Butt" (1977) has
> been awarded with the title: "most beautiful opening sentence in a
> German novel".
>
> The sentence is:
>
> "Ilsebill salzte nach"
>
> If I'm not wrong the novel hasn't been translated into English yet.


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