Like first impressions in life, and rather more so, first impressions, i.e., beginnings in fiction matter. They may not be quite all important, but they do invite and influence readership.Take that terrific opening sentence that many people who know nothing else about Tolstoi's "Anna Karenina" (more properly "Anna Karenin") are faniliar (!) with, "Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its o…
SOURCE: John Simon at 01:09AM on July 27, 2016