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Palomar by Italo Calvino

brunogcarr's review against another edition

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3.0

3 estrelas pelo livro como todo e 4 estrelas para partes do livro.

r3n4rt's review against another edition

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funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

luds's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hoffmann_fanatic's review against another edition

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4.0

Sublime, refined, restrained, whimsical, structured, directional.

A cavalcade of scenes of incredible concentration, miniscule detail, and profound blurriness.

It's one of those books that's too perfect to give it five stars, at least on the first read. It's a lesson of all five of Calvino's memos, a final exploration and reflection of his aesthetic and philosophy, an eternal question of how and whether the author should view himself at all.

The contrasts in this book are indescribably distant, yet their allegories perfectly clear and multilayered. There's a clear message, a clear climax, even, in the bare-bones structure, yet it's probably a book you could read five hundred times, each focusing on a different point.

Too diffuse? Too incisive? You could say both. I wish I could just say how I felt, but right now I don't have words to describe it.

guendalina's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

audalin's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

merilizabeth's review against another edition

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2.0

Vai nu es nebiju pareizajā mentālajā stāvoklī vai vecumā, kad šī grāmata varēu šķist saprotama un baudāma, bet varbūt tieši itāliskais piesitiens un lēnprātība neļāva man to izbaudīt, jo dzīvojot itāļu ģimenē pusgadu - šis ne tuvu nav tam kā viņi redz dzīvi un uzvedas. Varbūt pat traucēja fakts, ka lasīju to angliski, bet kopumā nekas jo grāmatas neaizķērās, nepalika prātā un nelika aizdomāties. Izlasīju lasīšanas pēc, bet garšu nejutu. Nav man. Nebija vērts.

alexbirsan's review against another edition

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funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

agneix's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

 o primeiro livro que eu li do calvino foi marcovaldo, e me parece que tem um fio que liga esses dois personagens, essas duas faces do escritor: uma mais jovem, perdida entre o pós-guerra e os anos do boom econômico numa vida precária de tudo que é material, e outra mais madura, que olha para o mundo com a mesma curiosidade e estranheza de outrora, mas com mais tempo para refletir e, até mesmo, olhar para si.
é um livro surpreendentemente atual (não que seja tão antigo também, já que recém completou 40 anos), quando descreve as câmeras fotográficas no jardim zen no japão parece estar falando de toda a nossa realidade hoje; quando fala do conflito intergeracional, que parece tão em alta atualmente, trata das mesmas questões de incompreensão mútua que sempre existiram.
é muito filosófico em certos pontos, e um dos meus textos preferidos é "a espada de sol", que é uma verdadeira experiência mística, espiritual, quase destoante do restante dos textos do livro. e trata sempre de um tema que me é muito caro, que é a crise da linguagem. o sr. palomar é muito silencioso porque sente que as palavras não dão conta de expressar o que ele busca entender, mas ainda assim o pensamento é um trabalho da linguagem, os textos são um lavrar a linguagem, então tem uma tensão entre a necessidade de dizer e a impossibilidade de dizer. 

bluelilyblue's review against another edition

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4.0

Sweet & introspective; very easy to let your mind drift while reading Palomar's observations of the ordinary and the visible, as they open a door towards the transcendent.