A review by daniella84
Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino

3.0

Certainly a strange (unfinished) collection based on 3/5 of the senses. I think I would give Under the Jaguar Sun and The Name, The Nose 3 stars each, and A King Listens 3.5, but I need to reread that one. Calvino definitely knows how to engage the senses (haha) and even when I didn't love the story (wasn't expecting cannibalism) I think he really connects you to the sense he's writing about which is neat, especially in stories that are so short.

I love a good paranoia plotline so I think that's why A King Listens worked better for me but there is also that part of me that thinks I'm never getting the full message out of things I read that are more 'literary' so...