
Gabriel García Márquez, The Art of Fiction No. 69

I went back to the pension where I was staying and began to read The Metamorphosis . The first line almost knocked me off the bed. I was so surprised. The first line reads, “As Gregor Samsa awoke that morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. . . .” When I read the line I thought to myself that I... See more
Gabriel García Márquez, The Art of Fiction No. 69
Gabriel Garcia Marquez