Monday, June 15, 2009

Phraselet No. 63

Chicago happened slowly, like a migrane. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city.

- Neil Gaiman, American Gods

4 comments:

Chestertonian Rambler said...

That is an awesome use of similie.

Loren Eaton said...

Yeah, I liked this one even though I wasn't much of a fan of the novel.

ollwen said...

That's how I'm used to cities happening. Not in Hampton Roads, VA though. It's rural and suburban sprawl and strip mall splattered all over like a Jackson Pollock.

Loren Eaton said...

We have no rural anything in south Florida. In fact, it wasn't until I was a teen that I realized we had separate municipalities. It's just one big concrete strip.