Our Favorite First Lines from Newish Books
These story openers will draw you in—and leave you wanting to read more.
By Liesl Schillinger
In this sweeping epic of immigration, bias and belonging, four generations of a Korean immigrant family struggle to carve out a place for themselves in 20th-century Japan.
Liesl Schillinger is the author of Wordbirds and translator of The Lady of the Camellias, by Alexandre Dumas fils, and other works of fiction.
Published 11/21/2017
