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jmconway 's review for:
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognise who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space.”
5/10 - Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind or this really just wasn't for me. The prose and visual storytelling was undeniably beautiful, but I found the fragmented style without purpose or narrative. I found myself skimming to read the interactions between Khan and Polo because at least with these there were poignant moments and interesting prose that I could digest like the quote I have included above.
5/10 - Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind or this really just wasn't for me. The prose and visual storytelling was undeniably beautiful, but I found the fragmented style without purpose or narrative. I found myself skimming to read the interactions between Khan and Polo because at least with these there were poignant moments and interesting prose that I could digest like the quote I have included above.