Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
“许多年之后,面对行刑队,奥雷良诺·布恩地亚上校将会回想起,他父亲带他去见识冰块的那个遥远的下午。
这是《百年孤独》的开场白,也是这本书中最经典的一句话。
据说仅这句话曾经影响到了中国一代文学作家,让莫言琢磨了30年。