dreggio
01-25-2014, 04:27 PM
Dear all,
some time ago I read a passage by a British novelist. It was a photocopy of a page.
In essence, it struck me as a coming-of-age work. I believe it to have been the opening paragraph, describing a child walking home from school with his satchel and cap (the detail was exceptional) and that soon this child would enter the world of adulthood and work, where all innocence would be lost. I faintly remember the character walking over a small bridge on his way home. The passage was so powerful and moving that it left an imprint in my mind, and I forever regret not having written the author's name down.
Does this ring any bells? Certainly it is 20th C, early or mid.
Thank you, dear brothers and sisters of the written word!
some time ago I read a passage by a British novelist. It was a photocopy of a page.
In essence, it struck me as a coming-of-age work. I believe it to have been the opening paragraph, describing a child walking home from school with his satchel and cap (the detail was exceptional) and that soon this child would enter the world of adulthood and work, where all innocence would be lost. I faintly remember the character walking over a small bridge on his way home. The passage was so powerful and moving that it left an imprint in my mind, and I forever regret not having written the author's name down.
Does this ring any bells? Certainly it is 20th C, early or mid.
Thank you, dear brothers and sisters of the written word!