Every Saturday morning, I’ll share the first lines (or better yet, the first paragraph or first round idea) of a book I’m currently reading.

Here are the first lines of Malgudi Days, by R.K. Narayan:

“Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a notebook and a bundle of palmyra writing.”

Join me in the trend, grab the nearest book, and share the first lines in the comments with us. Or share the first line of a book you’ve recently reviewed and link to the post!

Check more Asian literature:
– Knife Review – Meditations After an Attempted Murder
– Pachinko Review: the Challenging Life of Koreans in Japan
– Book Review: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence