First impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a new translation of the world's earliest novel:

"I came to Warley on a wet September morning with the sky the grey of Guiseley sandstone"

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the closing date is December 10.

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to

First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

faxed to 020 7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

Last week's winner, who correctly identified Murasaki Shikubi's The Tale of Genji , was Helen Nicholson of the School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff University.

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