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Con gli occhi chiusi
by Luigi Pirandello, Federigo Tozzi
I didn't like this at all. It read like the outline of a novel and not a novel itself. Spareness of language is good, but spareness of flow -- not so much. It just doesn't flow.
I was disappointed because it could have been good. Bressonian, even (see my review of Tozzi's Tre croci).
It opens with the main character's father counting his money at closing time of his trattoria. But in the end it's not about money, although it's definitely about how we are shaped by our familial culture and how we close our eyes to many things ("con gli occhi chiusi").
But just theme doesn't cut it. It's gotta have flow!
I was disappointed because it could have been good. Bressonian, even (see my review of Tozzi's Tre croci).
It opens with the main character's father counting his money at closing time of his trattoria. But in the end it's not about money, although it's definitely about how we are shaped by our familial culture and how we close our eyes to many things ("con gli occhi chiusi").
But just theme doesn't cut it. It's gotta have flow!