The 446-word anaconda of a sentence in size 10 Times New Roman describing, of all things, a sofa. I think. Credit: Michelle Kerns
- The 446-word anaconda of a sentence in size 10 Times New Roman describing, of all things, a sofa. I think.
- Here is the beginning....
- ...and here is the end, 11 feet and 6 inches later.
- The sentence, as seen while standing on top of my kitchen counter. (Authorities believe alcohol was involved.) This bit is from 'A sofa that had risen up from dreamland' to 'sole surviving fragment of a life that had vanished'
- The mid-section of the sentence, from 'sole surviving fragment of a life that had vanished' to 'curious interpolation of those singular and superfluous objects'
- Finally, the end: from 'curious interpolation of those singular and superfluous objects' to 'the idealization immanent in each of their successive homes, of the Verdurin drawing room.'
- The sentence wrapping 14 times around a bottle of Cabernet. And do not, DO NOT, give me grief about the cheapness of Bogle. What am I, a New York Times writer?
- Just in case you did not think I really did it.
- Because I'm not wine-biased: red is every bit as good as white in my opinion. (And the sentence wrapped around the bottle 12 1/2 times.)
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