tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post7456407728163595128..comments2024-03-28T15:49:23.639-04:00Comments on Shelf Actualization: First Line FridayMacEvoy DeMaresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017894338443984921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-88336080681097509152012-05-11T09:38:49.083-04:002012-05-11T09:38:49.083-04:00Interesting. Here's how my (as yet unread) tra...Interesting. Here's how my (as yet unread) translation goes:<br /><br />"At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember, there lived a little while ago one of those gentlemen who are wont to keep a lance in the rack, an old buckler, a lean horse and a swift greyhound."<br /><br />Either way I think it's a decent opening. Yes, it's basically just "There was once a man in a nameless village" but then he adds those intriguing details that tell you this is no ordinary man.<br /><br />Certainly good enough for 1605, but I also think it still works today.MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.com