"There was a man in Hadsund called Aksed Hedebo, a well-to-do dealer in the horses that were a Danish export." (p. 125)
We recognize this kind of opening sentence. See:
(And see also There Was A Man Called...)
Also instantly recognizable is:
"Summer had passed, fall come back."
-quoted in the preceding post.
For earlier examples of passages beginning with a seasonal change, see:
Such story-telling techniques transcend particular narratives. A creative author is able to apply different kinds of opening passages to an indefinite number of short stories or novels in any genre. I ought to return to the plot details of The Merman's Children but instead am focusing on other textual peculiarities that are drawing our attention further away from them.
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