“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York. I’m stupid about executions. The idea of being electrocuted makes me sick, and that’s all there was to read about in the papers – goggle-eyed headlines staring up at me on every street corner and at the fusty, peanut-selling mouth of every subway. It had nothing to do with me, but I couldn’t help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive all along your nerves.”
From ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath
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Amazing opening for an amazing book
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I bought this book just two days ago and its currently in my book ‘queuing’ system. If it lives up to the first sentence, it will prove to be a terrific read …
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Let me know what you think.
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That book is incredible… 🙂
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Yes, it is. I hope more people see this post and read it for the first time.
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